OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198105
OCEAN PINES ASSOCIATION IN
BERLIN, MD—
Event description
TRUCK TIRE RUPTURED WHILE BEING INFLATED- CAUSING ARM BRUISE
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was inflating a Uniroyal, Steel Belted H.R-78-14 Radial pick up truc k tire mounted on a passenger- type wheel. The truck was placed on a show floor. The tire ruptured as he inflated the tire striking his right arm resulting in c uts & bruises. He failed to periodically check the pressure with a tire gauge. H e previously worked at 3 different tire dealer shops and had 15 total years of e xperience.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 263
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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