# Avulsions, enucleations at U.S. Pipeline, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021801` · 2/25/2017 · CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
## 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:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Pipeline, Inc.
- **Location:** 2116 Rockmart Highway, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30120
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing next to a bore pipe observing the work. An excavator was being used to pull an auger bit out of the bore pipe. A chain was attached to the excavator to pull the auger sections. While the excavator was pulling the auger, the chain failed and whiplashed into the employee's face. The employee lost the left eye and suffered a right orbital socket fracture.

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