# Fractures at Tire Discounters, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099623` · 9/14/2019 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple foot (feet) locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tires, except bike
## Employer
- **Name:** Tire Discounters, Inc.
- **Location:** 3650 E Kemper Road, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45242
- **NAICS:** 423130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a warehouse that had three 6-foot high tiers of tires stacked on top of each other. The employee had climbed on top of a picker, stepped on the second tier tires, and was reaching for the third tier when the tire he was standing on slipped. The employee and tire then fell to the concrete floor, breaking his foot and toe.

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