# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Trimac Transportation
> OSHA SIR `2015052703` · 5/7/2015 · GEISMAR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Buffers, polishers, waxers-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Trimac Transportation
- **Location:** 353072 Highway 30, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA, 70734
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was buffing out a valve on a trailer with a buffer when a piece of metal dislodged from the buffing disc and flew under his safety glasses into his eye. He was hospitalized.

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