# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at George & Lynch, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076724` · 7/19/2017 · DOVER, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Material transfer machines
## Employer
- **Name:** George & Lynch, Inc.
- **Location:** 1500 Lafferty Lane, DOVER, DELAWARE, 19901
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a small air-driven chisel to remove hardened asphalt from the conveyor slats of a hot mix asphalt transfer device when a piece of asphalt flew into his right eye.

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