# Fractures at Longhorn Mechanical
> OSHA SIR `20191010569` · 10/9/2019 · VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Longhorn Mechanical
- **Location:** 1045 Spence Rd., VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS, 75495
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting his tools in a container when a spray paint can rapidly decompressed and bounced off a wall, hitting him in the face. He suffered a laceration and fracture to the nose.

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