# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Republic Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043408` · 4/14/2017 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Bungee cords
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 9600 Burnet Road, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78758
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing the back of a compactor with a bungee cord when the bungee cord struck and injured the employee's left eye.

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