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603 WEST GABRIELSON, LUVERNE, MN 56156
Standard 19100177 C01 I
Standard 19100177 G
Employee Killed When Struck by Exploding Tire and Rim
On July 31, 2002, Employee #1 was welding a crack in a single-piece rim. The H34 x 10.0 R16, 14-ply Goodyear Flight Radial tire still mounted on the rim and was inflated to 50 lb psi. Employee #1 had been welding for approximately five seco nds when the tire and rim exploded and struck him in the head. The force of the impact disintegrated his welding helmet and he sustained a severe skull fracture . Employee #1 was killed.
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