# Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified at Corvac Composites, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2025066036` · 6/24/2025 · SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** External and internal neck locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fire extinguishers
## Employer
- **Name:** Corvac Composites, LLC.
- **Location:** 2350 Clovis R Barker Rd, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78666
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing burning material from a machine. While being used to extinguish a fire, the diffuser/horn of a fire extinguisher disconnected from the hose and the hose struck the employee's neck, back, side, and shoulder. The employee sustained a closed fracture of thyroid cartilage and a vertebral artery occlusion.

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