Incident date: 2024-09-26
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee was inflating a farm tire and wheel assembly in a commercial tire restraint cage. The assembly failed and the cage absorbed the energy from the release of compressed air from within the cage, and the cage contacted the employee's arm. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by propelled object or substance  unspecified
code_source: title: Cages
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate