OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14469449
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA—
Event description
SINGLE PIECE RIM TIRE EXPLODED
Investigation abstract
A GOODYEAR BIAS PLY TUBELESS TIRE, SIZE 12.5, MOUNTED ON A SINGLE RIM HAD A FAIL URE AT THE TIRE BEAD AND BLEW AWAY FROM RIM. THE FORCE OF AIR (APPROXIMATELY 100 LBS IN TIRE) BLEW THE EMPLOYEE AGAINST A STEEL DOOR, CAUSING A SEVERE HEAD INJU RY. THE TIRE WAS NOT BEING WORKED ON. IT WAS ONLY 4 FEET AWAY FROM THE EMPLOYEE WHEN IT BLEW.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 2
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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