Incident date: 2023-06-08
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee was airing an unmounted tire when the tire popped, striking employee's left and right hands with the wheel of the tire. The employee sustained a right-hand knuckle jam as well as a laceration and fracture between the first and second digits of the left hand that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tires, except bike
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate