# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Monroe Staffing
> OSHA SIR `2016098504` · 9/8/2016 · WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
## Employer
- **Name:** Monroe Staffing
- **Location:** 35A New St, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01606
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving/repositioning a ventilation fan when a foreign particle blew into the employee's left eye. The employee was hospitalized and had eye surgery.

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