# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Titan Tire Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021108733` · 10/10/2021 · FREEPORT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tires, except bike
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Titan Tire Corporation
- **Location:** 3769 U.S. Route 20 E., FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, 61032
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a tire onto a press. The tire fell on him as he was putting it in a loading chuck, and he suffered a spinal injury.

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