# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at JE Richards
> OSHA SIR `2017076734` · 7/19/2017 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JE Richards
- **Location:** 1250 24th Street NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20008
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an 8-foot ladder looking into a wall to receive a fish stick (an electrical tool) when the fish stick became jammed. When the fish stick became free, it went up under the employee's safety glasses and poked his left eye, requiring hospitalization.

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