Incident date: 2021-04-09
NAICS industry code: 441320

On April 9, 2021, a 16-inch tire spontaneously released air after being mounted on a 16-inch rim, then taken off the mounting equipment. An employee was struck by the tire and the rim, suffering fractures to the left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tires, except bike
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate