# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Graham Packaging Company
> OSHA SIR `2017032960` · 3/31/2017 · STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Graham Packaging Company
- **Location:** 7100 Durand Ave. Suite 100, STURTEVANT, WISCONSIN, 53177
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually lifting individual pieces of scrap metal and throwing them into a metal bin when he was struck in the right eye by a metal rod that was ejected from the bin. He was wearing gloves and eye protection at the time.

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