# Avulsions, enucleations at Targa Pipeline Mid-Continent WestTex LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020066088` · 6/30/2020 · MIDKIFF, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization, 1 loss of eye**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Targa Pipeline Mid-Continent WestTex LLC
- **Location:** Pembrook Compressor Station, MIDKIFF, TEXAS, 79755
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a valve cap on a compressor at a compressor station. Trapped pressure caused the cap to fly off and strike the employee on the right side of his face. Glass from his safety glasses was embedded in his right eye, necessitating surgery to remove the eye.

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