# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Medical Equipment Installation, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20160512080` · 5/31/2016 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and fluoroscope machinery and equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** Medical Equipment Installation, Inc.
- **Location:** Metropolitan Hospital Center, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10039
- **NAICS:** 811219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/31/2016, an employee was servicing an MRI machine when the machine magnetically energized and the employee's metal knife was drawn into his eye socket resulting in retinal detachment causing blindness.

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