Incident date: 2021-07-30
NAICS industry code: 423130

On July 30, 2021, at 12:15 p.m., an employee was inflating a farm tire to the required 30 psi while it was in a tire cage. The tire pressure rose to approximately 20 psi when the tire exploded and the force of the explosion shifted the cage. A portion of the tire struck the employee in the legs as the cage moved, resulting in a fractured right tibia and a ruptured tendon in the left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate