# Fractures at Cowan Systems, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191212624` · 12/9/2019 · MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cowan Systems, LLC
- **Location:** 6380 Brackbill Boulevard, MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17050
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the yoke from the transmission on a commercial truck. A bolt broke and shot back into the employee's face. The employee suffered a left-side facial fracture and tearing of the orbital socket, requiring hospitalization for surgery.

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