Worker struck by multi-piece rim during wheel installation

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• Personal Author:
  Hull-Jilly, Deborah C. ; Johnson, Mark S.
• Corporate Authors:
  Alaska Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (Alaska FACE) ; Alaska. Division of Public Health. Section of Community Health & Emergency Medical Services. Occupational Injury Prevention Program
• Description:
  A 23-year-old mechanic (the victim) was struck and fatally injured after the sudden release of a side ring from a multi-piece (split) rim. The victim was installing a multi-piece rim wheel that had been serviced by a co-worker the day before the incident. The wheel was remount pressurized, checked, and stored overnight inside a safety cage. The victim retrieved the wheel from the safety cage and began to install it on a dump truck. After the victim hand-tightened all six lug nuts on the spokes, he placed an impact wrench on one of the lug nuts. A co-worker walked over to the victim's location and was standing behind and to the victim's side. As the lug nut was tightened, the side ring of the rim released and struck the victim. Based on the findings of the investigation, to prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Establish an inspection program for all (used and new) multi-piece rims to ensure proper matching of parts and serviceability
  
  2. Ensure workers have been trained on proper servicing of multi-piece rims, including demounting, inspection, and mounting procedures
  
  3. Ensure demounting/mounting procedures and rim matching charts are posted in the immediate service area per CFR 1910.177
  
  4. Ensure a competent person inspects all multi-piece rim parts, used and new, before placing in-service, permanently removes all parts deemed unfit for use, and inspects final rim wheel assembly before installation. In addition, Employers, distributors, and manufacturers should consider placing highly visible labels on all rim parts to prompt inspection and matching of identification stamping prior to use.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Automobile-repair-shops Automotive-industry Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 10 Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-environment Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE03AK006
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  13 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026935
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2005-109925
• 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 03AK006, 2002 Dec ; :1-13
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7127b486845873d50558d4101ae6eae934ee78f76280e92c72eb2fb2a7e18aec325dc97e1a270d99d748d7332891060ef9b1df76075d0a6e1b0d2320ec0fdda7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169087/cdc_169087_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 263.94 KB ]