# Fractures at PRIME INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016010441` · 1/16/2016 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PRIME INC.
- **Location:** 2740 N. MAYFAIR AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing tractor brake air springs by holding the air springs under water and looking for leaks. An air spring exploded and the employee sustained facial fractures.

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