Incident date: 2024-05-01
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was inflating a new tire on a piece of construction equipment when the tire exploded, lacerating their face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tires, inner tubes
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Ears and facial region  unspecified
severity: moderate