# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Waste Corporation of Missouri
> OSHA SIR `2019043741` · 4/11/2019 · HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Corporation of Missouri
- **Location:** 22820 South State Route 291, HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI, 64701
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unbundling bales of recyclable material. When he cut the wire with his wire cutters, it snapped back and poked his left eye. He underwent surgery to relieve pressure behind his eye.

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