# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Sam's Excavating Unlimited
> OSHA SIR `2019066200` · 6/19/2019 · BALTIMORE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
- **Secondary source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Sam's Excavating Unlimited
- **Location:** 418 Cliff Street, BALTIMORE, OHIO, 43105
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hammering a concrete nail into the brace of a concrete pad when the concrete nail broke and went into the employee's right eyeball.

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