# Avulsions, enucleations at United Enterprises Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171212163` · 12/22/2017 · FORT LOUDON, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Plastic chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** United Enterprises Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 10375 Pulp Run Trail, FORT LOUDON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17224
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drilling a mounting hole into a piece of PVC pipe when the pipe shattered. A shard then struck the employee's eye, resulting in a possible eye loss and requiring hospitalization.

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