# Fractures at Area Wholesale Tire
> OSHA SIR `2021021038` · 2/4/2021 · ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Area Wholesale Tire
- **Location:** 1116 Texas Avenue, ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, 71301
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a trailer of tires. The employee climbed on the stack of tires to remove the top tire. The employee lost his balance and fell to the floor, breaking his arm in three places. The empoyee was hospitalized for surgery.

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