# Fractures at WAL-MART STORES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024010008` · 1/1/2024 · YAZOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes
- **Secondary source:** Wheels, tire rims
## Employer
- **Name:** WAL-MART STORES, INC.
- **Location:** 2129 Grand Ave., YAZOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI, 39194
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inflating a tire on a flatbed trailer when the tire exploded. The rim struck the employee, resulting in a broken right arm.

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