# Fractures at OK Tire Stores
> OSHA SIR `2020032257` · 3/10/2020 · KINDRED, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wheels, tire rims
- **Secondary source:** Tractor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** OK Tire Stores
- **Location:** 110 Linden Street, KINDRED, NORTH DAKOTA, 58051
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a tire, rim, and wheel assembly from a tractor. The wheel hit the ground, causing the chain to come undone and the tire to fall on him. He suffered broken vertebrae and a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.

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