Incident date: 2015-03-28
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was mounting a spare tire onto a wheel that was brought in by a customer. The employee began airing up the tire when the bottom of the wheel blew out and launched the wheel into the air. The wheel hit the employee in the arm and hand. The employee was hospitalized with a broken arm and thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wheels, tire rims
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate