# Fractures at Tire Centers LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018021998` · 2/27/2018 · COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes, wheels, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tire Centers LLC
- **Location:** 108th Ave and Potomoc St, COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO, 80022
- **NAICS:** 423130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While inflating a tire, an employee was struck by the tire or a piece of the rim, suffering a forehead laceration and orbital eye fracture.

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