Incident date: 2017-05-22
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was inflating a skid steer tire and was putting the cap on the valve stem when the bead slipped off the rim. The escaping air caused the assembly to jump and hit the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized with facial and head fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Tires, inner tubes, wheels, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate