# Fractures at Discount Tire
> OSHA SIR `2016076852` · 7/27/2016 · LAREDO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Tires, except bike
## Employer
- **Name:** Discount Tire
- **Location:** 2515 NE Bob Bullock Loop, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78045
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a customer's tire when the tire was punctured, inducing rapid expansion and causing the tire to blow up and strike/break the employee's right arm.

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