Worker Killed While Inflating a Tire Mounted on a Multi-Piece Rim - Massachusetts

Details

• Description:
  Incident: A 42-year-old male laborer was fatally injured while using an air line with a faulty pressure gauge to inflate a tire mounted on a multi-piece rim on a front end loader. The victim sat in a chair positioned directly in front of the flat tire's sidewall and in the trajectory of the multi-piece rim parts. While he was inflating the tire, the increased air pressure caused the tire's tube to explode. The explosion knocked the victim backward with the chair, fatally injuring him. Recommendations: All employees should be cautioned about the potential hazards of multi-piece rim wheels. Only employees who are assigned to service multi-piece rim wheels and have been trained on the proper methods of working with these wheels should be allowed to service them, including inflating tires. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Automobiles
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-prevention
  • Injury-prevention
  • Protective-measures
  • Automobile-repair-shops
  • Automotive-industry
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034259
• Citation:
  FACE Facts 2004 Aug; 7(2):1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 250 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010901
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality Investigation Report: FACE Facts
• End Date:
  20061031
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228597/cdc_228597_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 229.04 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2adf4a3a73adb68d398b6d5a94659854f3c8f9d2f89a4bffcfee899d269cf5fa2301db1e48dd84bd79459efd5d49e11e1c9c51f4e272168a71d5d7e1a71d0606