Tyre mounting: Safety risks
Inflated tyres, especially the large truck and bus tyres, contain a tremendous amount of potential energy. Tyre blast during servicing can cause severe injury and death. Blast injuries of large tyres are similar to those resulting from landmine explosions, except there is no thermal or chemical damage. Buy Car and Motorcycle Tyres Online at- https://www.mytyrepoint.com Little has been reported about the destructive nature of these blasts. One study conducted in Quebec, Canada, listed 360 accidents over a period of 10 years, including ten fatal ones, directly attributable to heavy vehicle tyre blowout or explosion. Another study at two middle-east hospitals reported seven tyre-related injuries between March 2003 and September 2009, which needed hospitalisation. Four of the seven cases involved injuries caused by explosion while tyres were being inflated. A search of the English literature, through MEDLINE, on tyre blast injuries listed 763 cases wherein most of the patie...