# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at AV Automotive Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010740` · 1/23/2020 · NATRONA HEIGHTS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AV Automotive Inc.
- **Location:** 110 Route 908, NATRONA HEIGHTS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15065
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a truck that required a steering arm replacement. The employee released the tie rod and a clip or tab flew out and hit him in the eye, puncturing his cornea. He was hospitalized.

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