# Fractures at Ury's Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031281` · 3/18/2015 · NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Tire inner tubes
## Employer
- **Name:** Ury's Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 6704 Gondron Rd., NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA, 70563
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were putting a tractor tire on a rim when the inner tubing ruptured, causing the tire to blow and shoot up approximately 15 feet. The tire struck the two employees on the way up. Both employees were hospitalized.  One employee sustained a broken right arm and facial lacerations.  The other employee sustained multiple fractures in the face and lacerations.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*