# Fractures at Continental Tire The Americas, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024042904` · 4/2/2024 · MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Continental Tire The Americas, LLC
- **Location:** 11525 North Il Hwy 142, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a die when a 60-pound piece of it fell and struck his right hand, fracturing his wrist.

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