# Fractures at Southwest Brake & Alignment
> OSHA SIR `2015097273` · 9/30/2015 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Brake & Alignment
- **Location:** 3930 North Panam Expressway, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78219
- **NAICS:** 811118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a leaf spring beneath a truck when the car jack slipped off the truck's axel. The leaf spring struck the employee and fractured the employee's head behind the ear and orbital region.

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