# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Earl W. Colvard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043146` · 4/4/2025 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Earl W. Colvard, Inc.
- **Location:** 10419 General Ave, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32220
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was airing a 10.00-20/stud-pilot wheel when it exploded. The employee sustained a displaced right leg fracture, soft tissue damage to the chest, a severe laceration across their cheeks and nose, and a displaced jaw with broken teeth that required surgery.

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