# Fractures at GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
> OSHA SIR `2025054919` · 5/24/2025 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple regions of the head
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Construction debris
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
- **Location:** 2000 NW US HWY 24, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66618
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were replacing a motor on an overhead conveyor. The old motor fell to the floor, causing a piece of the concrete floor to fly up and strike the injured employee in the face, around the eye. The injured employee sustained a right orbital fracture, a zygomatic arch fracture, and a sphenoid fracture. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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