Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139908.015 - Employee breaks arm and fractures ribs when struck by tire

Accident Summary Nr: 139908.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 10/01/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1556491.015	10/06/2021		562111	Waste Management Inc. Of Florida

Abstract: At 8:57 a.m. on October 1, 2021, an employee working as a Heavy Equipment Operator for a waste management company was inflating a tire from a piece of heavy equipment. The tire exploded and struck the employee. The employee broke his left arm and fractured 6 ribs, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Arm, Blowout--Tire, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Compressed Air, Equipment Operator, Explosion, High Pressure, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Rib, Shoulder, Struck By, Tire, Waste Proc Fac

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1556491.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Equipment Operator: Heavy

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