Short answer: If the injuries or damages are big enough, the injured party's lawyers will go after anyone remotely associated with the accident who might have some money.
Assuming the worker is actually an employee of the tire shop, their workmen's comp insurance should cover the worker's injuries. But when someone is maimed or killed, the injured party (or dependents) is likely to go after the employer and others for negligence. Obviously first stop is the employer, but in the case you describe a jury could be convinced of negligence by you or your employer because your trailer was unsafe to walk on.
One should also not assume that just because you didn't do anything negligent that you're safe from a judgement. A few years ago a car caused a fuel tanker to crash and destroy a freeway overpass. The state went after not only the driver of the car and the owner of the fuel tanker, but they also went after the owner of a truck that just happened to be in the vicinity of the accident. Note that not only did the driver of the third vehicle not do anything wrong, he was credited with avoiding a more serious accident!
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