# Fractures at SD Wheel Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2021087421` · 8/30/2021 · BATAVIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SD Wheel Corp.
- **Location:** 1300 South River Street, BATAVIA, ILLINOIS, 60510
- **NAICS:** 423130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismounting returned mounted wheel and tire packages. A tire/wheel assembly was secured on the mounting machine, and the employee was trying to engage the bead roller when it struck his face. He suffered a broken tooth, a closed fracture, and a laceration to the lip.

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