OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443774
STANS TIRE SERVICE
NORFOLK, VA—
Event description
STRUCK BY EXPLODING 16 INCH TRUCK TIRE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD CHANGED A TIRE ON PICK-UP TRUCK, 16 INCH WHEEL. HE WAS INFLATING THE TIRE WITH WHEEL LYING ON CONCRETE. HE HAD A PROBLEM GETTING THE TIRE TO SEA T PROPERLY. HE HAD 60 PSI AIR PRESSURE IN THE TIRE AND IT STILL HAD NOT SEATED. HE ADDED MORE PRESSURE AND THE TIRE EXPLODED COMMING UP OFF THE CONCRETE AND STR IKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD AND CHEST. IT KNOCKED HIM APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET IN THE AIR AND KILLED HIM INSTANTLY.
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 1
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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