# Spinal cord injuries, paralysis  unspecified at Chung Enterprises, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024032365` · 3/15/2024 · OPA LOCKA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Spinal cord injuries, paralysis  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Chung Enterprises, Inc
- **Location:** 4690 Northwest 167th Street, OPA LOCKA, FLORIDA, 33054
- **NAICS:** 423130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring tires from the second floor when a tire bounced off another tire and it struck the employee in the sternum. The employee could not breathe and had numbness in the hands and feet, lost consciousness, and sustained a spinal cord injury. The employee was hospitalized.

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