# Concussions at McCarthy Tire Service
> OSHA SIR `2022087056` · 8/10/2022 · HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** McCarthy Tire Service
- **Location:** 178 Airport Road, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pry bar to remove a spindle from the axle of a vehicle. The pry bar slipped and struck him in the forehead, causing a concussion and a head laceration. He was hospitalized.

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