# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Service Tire Truck Centers
> OSHA SIR `2024010961` · 1/31/2024 · CROYDON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes
- **Secondary source:** Wheels, tire rims
## Employer
- **Name:** Service Tire Truck Centers
- **Location:** 1121 Cedar Avenue, CROYDON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19021
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the air pressure on a pressurized tire when the bead popped off and the tire struck their hand, resulting in a crush injury that required hospitalization and surgery.

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