# Fractures at Farmers Union Oil Co
> OSHA SIR `2025021609` · 2/18/2025 · CIRCLE, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes
- **Secondary source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Farmers Union Oil Co
- **Location:** 906 A Avenue, CIRCLE, MONTANA, 59215
- **NAICS:** 111998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling the tire of a semi-trailer when the tire blew and contacted the employee, resulting in a fractured tibia.

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