A Heavy Equipment Mechanic Died When a Scraper Tire Exploded.

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• Personal Author:
  Cierpich, Hank ; Harrison, Robert ; Styles, Laura
• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Branch
• Description:
  A 45-year-old heavy equipment mechanic died when the heavy equipment tire that was attached to a wheel, drum, and brake assembly of a scraper exploded. The victim and a co-worker had used acetylene torches to heat and cut the brake assembly that was attached to the drum and wheel of the inflated tire, but were not able to remove the brake assembly. The victim and the coworker decided to stop work for the day, and as the victim was picking up his tools, the tire exploded. The tire was not deflated prior to the work on the brake assembly. The CA/FACE investigator determined that in order to prevent future occurrences, employers, as part of their Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP), should: 1. Ensure that all heavy equipment tires are deflated and the valve stem removed prior to any work being performed on the tires or attached components.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Equipment-design Equipment-reliability Injuries Injury-prevention Mechanics OSHA Region 9 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Construction ; Foreign Born Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE06CA004
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032791
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2008-102538
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 06CA004, 2007 Jul ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:09ec2c7221fb8f0a2d35449274c2358a5c652ad13f06ddc688197aa3c5bf5fb1f1646f26d730cff4131a464298515ba397c6c710de793611de1347ca6d1061ab
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166239/cdc_166239_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 214.98 KB ]