| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-04 | Milford | Ct | True Blue Car Wash, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
| An employee was using a towel to dry tire rims on a vehicle that had just exited the car wash. After stopping at the bump stop, the vehicle began to slowly roll backwards. When this occurred the employee's right ring finger became stuck in the tire rim and amputated above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-08-14 | San Antonio | Tx | Discount Tire | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was mounting a tire. The tire machine robot arm's head was pressing against the edge of the lip of the wheel; it then slipped off the wheel and down onto the tire, pinching the employee's right little finger against the tire rim. The finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-08-12 | Houston | Tx | Advanced Wheel Sale, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving and stacking commercial truck tire rims. His finger got pinched between two rims causing an amputation of the employee's left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-02-20 | Braman | Oklahoma | Kelle Oil Company | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was rolling a 550-pound truck tire rim across a shop floor. The rim tipped over and struck his hip and leg, breaking the leg and damaging the hip. | |||||
| 2019-07-04 | Edinburg | Texas | TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc. | Scalp | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was guiding a concrete barrier onto a flatbed trailer. The barrier crumbled in the employee's hand, causing him to lose his balance and fall off the trailer. He struck his head on the crane tire rim and suffered a laceration to the rear crown of his head. | |||||
| 2018-03-15 | Sturgis | South Dakota | CBH Cooperative | Arm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was repairing a tractor tire when the tire rim failed. The employee suffered a broken arm and a hand injury. | |||||
| 2018-02-15 | Sterling | Illinois | Thompson Truck & Trailer, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee's right small fingertip was caught between the tire rim and axle housing resulting in a partial amputation/open fracture to the distal phalanx. | |||||
| 2017-09-09 | Odessa | Texas | SELECT ENERGY SERVICES | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was attempting to replace a gasket in a valve on a separator trailer when he fell and struck a tire rim that was on the ground, breaking ribs and suffering spleen damage. | |||||
| 2017-05-17 | Hummels Wharf | Pennsylvania | Jack Williams Tire | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at approximately 5:00PM, an employee was attempting to change a 6-inch lawn tractor tire on a tire changing machine. While he was breaking the bead of the tire from the rim, the tool slipped, causing his finger to become caught between the tire rim and the side of the machine. His left index fingertip had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2017-02-11 | San Benito | Texas | Firestone Stores of Brownsville Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was trying to center a vehicle on a lift ramp by moving a tire rim when his left middle finger was caught and amputated between the tire rim and the caliper. | |||||
| 2017-02-08 | Ardmore | Oklahoma | LOVES TRAVEL STOPS & COUNTRY STORES INC | Head | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was retrieving a semi truck tire rim from an elevated storage rack using a ladder. The ladder moved and the employee fell and sustained a large gash on the head. | |||||
| 2016-09-10 | Orlando | Florida | SGL Constructors | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading a tire rim into a truck when the tire rim slipped and pinched his left pinky finger between the rim and a grease gun, fracturing his fingertip and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2015-07-01 | Evansville | Wisconsin | Landmark Services Cooperative | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was stacking tire rims when a stack began to fall. The employee tried to catch the falling tire rims, which crushed his pinky finger on his left hand. His pinky finger was surgically amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||