Incident date: 2019-07-01
NAICS industry code: 327332

On July 1, 2019, an employee was using an air compressor to fill a forklift tire that was mounted to the forklift and attached to a single-piece rim wheel. While the employee was filling the tire it exploded and blew the employee back. The employee hit the wall and suffered a possible concussion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tires, except bike
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate