Incident date: 2015-03-18
NAICS industry code: 333111

Two employees were putting a tractor tire on a rim when the inner tubing ruptured, causing the tire to blow and shoot up approximately 15 feet. The tire struck the two employees on the way up. Both employees were hospitalized.  One employee sustained a broken right arm and facial lacerations.  The other employee sustained multiple fractures in the face and lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tire inner tubes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: low