# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `2019044245` · 4/26/2019 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services
- **Location:** 3145 Mount Pleasant St., NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20010
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to free a stuck enclosure gate using a wrench and the wrench struck his left eye, rupturing it.

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