# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at West Texas Poly and Pump LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015052684` · 5/7/2015 · BALMORHEA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Wheels, tire rims
## Employer
- **Name:** West Texas Poly and Pump LLC
- **Location:** 22 miles E. of Balmorhea, BALMORHEA, TEXAS, 79718
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck on the head by a piece of a split rim when he was inflating a tire on a motor grader.

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