Incident date: 2025-08-20
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee finished installing a tube into a 12.4 x 24" tractor tire and connected the air hose to inflate the tube. The tube overinflated and exploded, causing the wheel and tire to fly through the air and strike the employee's forehead. The employee sustained a frontal sinus fracture and a forehead laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tires, inner tubes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forehead, temple(s)
severity: moderate