Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Monro, Inc., 111 LUTHER AVENUE, JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 15904
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was using a torch under a vehicle when the fuel line exploded and a fire occurred. The employee was hospitalized for burns.
An employee was hot patching a tire, which involves lighting a flammable liquid on fire to patch the tire. The flammable liquid contacted his arm, and he sustained burns to his arms and face.
On July 19, 2025, an employee was filling a wheelbarrow tire with air when the tire exploded, resulting in severe injuries to their right hand including a partial amputation.
An employee was placing an automotive tire on a balance and mount machine when the tire crushed their left ring fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation that was surgically reattached.
Two employees were attempting to align a car with an alignment rack, but the rack was not reading the car properly. The employee in the car attempted to move the car back and forth so the rack could read it when the car rolled off the rack and struck the injured employee, resulting in a fractured leg.
An employee was cleaning a cordless drill. As they applied brake fluid to the drill and pulled the trigger, the fluid ignited. The employee suffered burns to the face, hands, and arms.
An employee was spraying glue to the floor of an enclosed cargo trailer. The fumes made contact with the heater causing a flash fire. The employee suffered burns to their face and right hand.
An employee was replacing a valve in the gas line to the fryer. The shutoff valve malfunctioned resulting in a gas leak that then ignited. The employee sustained burns requiring hospitalization.
On August 3, 2022, an employee was scraping tire weights off the rim of a tire when his arm bumped into the rim, resulting in a blood clot that required hospitalization.
As he was walking to the anti-spatter station, an employee was struck by a reversing forklift. It knocked him over and its tire struck his left ankle, breaking it.
An employee was on a step ladder securing a pipe. Afterwards, the employee pulled on the pipe to verify that it was secured and the pipe gave way. The employee then fell 15 feet to the concrete ground below resulting in two broken legs.
An employee powered off a fender forging machine and engaged the pneumatic gauge die holder (cylinder). The cylinder then came up and amputated his finger.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.