105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

National Tire & Battery

Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at National Tire & Battery, 4281 Pearl Road, MEDINA, OHIO 44256 on — Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.

An employee was using a tire-mounting machine when the tire exploded and struck the employee's right arm, tearing ligaments and tendons.

Hospitalized Arm(s), unspecified Tires, except bike

National Tire & Battery

An employee was working inside when an outside driver lost control of her vehicle and crashed into the building. The vehicle hit a wall and caused a toolbox to propel into the air and strike the employee, who suffered fractured legs.

National Tire & Battery

An employee was checking a tire on a car and was spinning the tire when his left hand was caught between the wheel and the brake caliper, breaking his left index finger.

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Heart of Texas Tire, LLC

An employee was using an air compressor on a multi-wheel tire when the flange and the tire burst, causing the wheel's lock ring to strike the employee in the face. He sustained a laceration and facial fractures.

Frazer & Jones, LLC

An employee was changing the connection to a compressed nitrogen tank when the system failed and exploded. One employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized. The other employee sustained soft tissue injuries that did not require hospitalization.

Walmart Supercenter

An employee was putting air in a tire that was mounted on a customer's vehicle when the tire exploded, resulting in a left arm fracture that required hospitalization.

Shaner Operating Corporation

An employee was working in a kitchen when a spray can of oil exploded. Hot oil splashed onto the employee, burning their face and arms.

Frank Sharum Landscape Design Inc.

On October 24, 2023, at 12:00 PM, an employee was visually checking a gauge on the "U" controller when a pressure tank exploded. The employee was hospitalized with multiple facial fractures and required surgery.

Tire Discounters, Inc.

An employee was replacing a tire on a wheelbarrow when the tire exploded. The employee sustained fractures to his right hand and an abrasion to the right side of his face. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on his right hand.

Mavis Tire Supply LLC

An employee was guiding a customer's automobile onto the alignment rack when the vehicle drove over the rack and pinned the employee against the alignment computer. The employee sustained a bruised left hand and a fractured left fibula and was hospitalized.

Maxion Wheels LLC

An employee was working on a cushion ring (steel). As they lifted the cushion ring with both hands to flip it up, the ring slid down and the employee's right middle fingertip was crushed between the ring and the work table. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture, and their right middle fingertip was amputated.

ZIEGLER TIRE & SUPPLY CO. INC.

An employee was lifting a tire when he felt pain in his left shoulder. He was hospitalized with a shoulder strain and left pneumothorax.

Dunlap & Kyle Co, Inc.

An employee was returning to their truck after collecting a check for a delivery of tires. As they were shutting the door on the back of their box truck they were struck by an electric all-terrain vehicle that was being serviced, resulting in a fractured left ankle, fractured elbow with bone through the skin, and fractured pelvis.

United States Postal Service

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

Foundation Steel, LLC

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

GXO Logistics

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

Abbott Electric Inc

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

American Electric Power Company

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.