# Fractures at Norristown Auto Acquisitions Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212832` · 12/13/2019 · NORRISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Norristown Auto Acquisitions Inc.
- **Location:** 1416 West Main Street, NORRISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19403
- **NAICS:** 441110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a strut and spring, and placed the equipment in a spring compressor. The strut and spring released from the compressor, hitting him in the face. He suffered a fractured nose, fractured cheek bone, and shoulder injury.

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