# Fractures at Cooper Tire Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2021098311` · 9/27/2021 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Tire Rubber Company
- **Location:** 3500 Washington St., TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 423130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a tugger, connected to a full tread cart, down an aisle. The front right corner of the cart contacted the blunt end of a guardrail. The tugger turned sharply and stopped, causing the employee to fall off and strike his face on the guardrail. He suffered fractures to the cheek and around the eye.

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