# Fractures at Specialty Tires of America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181011161` · 10/29/2018 · INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Specialty Tires of America, Inc.
- **Location:** 1600 Washington Street, INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15701
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a fixed wheel on a tire rack when the tire rack, which was approximately 8 feet high, tipped over onto the employee as he removed one of the fixed wheels. The impact broke his back and ribs.

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