# Avulsions, enucleations at Peterson Concrete Septic Tanks & Storm Shelters
> OSHA SIR `2015107931` · 10/23/2015 · POTTSVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization, 1 loss of eye**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Peterson Concrete Septic Tanks & Storm Shelters
- **Location:** 6227 Highway 64 E, POTTSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72858
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hoist to lift a steel lid for a concrete septic tank. The hook slipped out of the chain hoist and struck the employee in the eye resulting in the loss of the eye and a fractured eye socket.

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