# Fractures at McCarthy Tire Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076535` · 7/21/2023 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** McCarthy Tire Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 340 Kidder Street, WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18702
- **NAICS:** 423130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading tires at a customer location when they fell from the lift gate on a box truck, resulting in rib fractures.

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