# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Amite BioEnergy, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024109924` · 10/24/2024 · GLOSTER, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple internal chest locations
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes
- **Secondary source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Amite BioEnergy, LLC
- **Location:** 1763 Georgia Pacific Rd #2, GLOSTER, MISSISSIPPI, 39638
- **NAICS:** 321219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance technician was checking the tire pressure on a debarking drum tire. They then initiated the process of adding air into the tire to the specified pounds per square inch. Within seconds, the side wall of the tire ruptured and the maintenance technician sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung.

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