# Fractures at Sullivan Tire Commercial Truck Center
> OSHA SIR `2024021006` · 2/1/2024 · SHAWMUT, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Sullivan Tire Commercial Truck Center
- **Location:** 276 Skowhegan Road, SHAWMUT, MAINE, 04975
- **NAICS:** 811198
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inflating a new agricultural tire. The tire exploded and its rim hit the employee in the face and head. The employee suffered a fractured skull and was hospitalized.

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