# Avulsions, enucleations at Hy-Vee
> OSHA SIR `20181010254` · 10/4/2018 · OLATHE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ear(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Hy-Vee
- **Location:** Wahlburgers, OLATHE, KANSAS, 66062
- **NAICS:** 722513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking through the parking lot when a 50 mph wind blew a piece of plexiglass at her and severed her right ear.

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