Worker killed trying to fix tyre
 A Slovakian man working for a skip hire company was killed while trying to fix a damaged tyre on a large waste removing machine, a court heard.
Jozef Trhan, who was celebrating his 33rd birthday, was attempting to fix a split rim wheel on the industrial loading shovel machine when the tyre he was attending to exploded.
The blast was enough to lift Mr Trhan into the air and the momentum carried him head-first into a nearby excavator loading shovel. He was also hit in the head and body with a number of metal components, which were also blasted outwards as a result of the explosion.
He was kneeling in front of the tyre trying to mend it when its welds suddenly failed, meaning its inner-tube ruptured as a result, Salisbury Crown Court heard.
Investigators working for the Health and Safety Executive said that Salisbury-based firm C Bialek (trading as CB Skips) provided its workers with dangerous and unsafe machinery to use and had not given any consideration to the potential hazards or conducted any risk assessments for tyre repair.
C Bialek was fined £150,000 after pleading guilty to failing to ensure workers' safety in relation to vehicle repair at their waste-sorting ground.
Copyright Press Association 2011
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