# Fractures at Gateway Tire Southeast, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021076066` · 7/23/2021 · DOTHAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Tires, except bike
## Employer
- **Name:** Gateway Tire Southeast, LLC
- **Location:** 570 Technology Drive, DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36303
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to stack tires for loading. The employee set a tire in place and got off the forklift; the tire then fell on him, breaking his leg.

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