# Fractures at SPI Pharma, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109654` · 10/12/2016 · LEWES, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SPI Pharma, Inc.
- **Location:** 40 CAPE HENLOPEN DRIVE, LEWES, DELAWARE, 19958
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a blockage in a pipeline and proceeded to blow the line with compressed air. There was a filter screen in the line. The lid on top of the filter screen blew off the filter striking the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured nose and other facial bones.

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