# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Zurcher Tire, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054750` · 5/20/2025 · ASHKUM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Tires, inner tubes
## Employer
- **Name:** Zurcher Tire, Inc.
- **Location:** Best-One Tire & Service, ASHKUM, ILLINOIS, 60911
- **NAICS:** 423130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling a rear tire for a tractor to a customer's building. The tire started to tip and the employee went to stop it by stepping into the middle of the tire. The edge of the tire struck his head and knocked him to the ground and the tire landed on his head. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured and dislocated left hip that required surgery and a scalp laceration.

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