Incident date: 2024-04-05
NAICS industry code: 238990

On April 5, 2024, at around 8:45 PM, a 100-ton crane was being towed when the crane's brakes overheated and caught fire. While putting out the fire, a tire caught fire and exploded. Shrapnel and debris struck an employee's right leg resulting in lacerations and avulsions to the leg. They also sustained contusions to their left foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tires, inner tubes
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate