# Cuts, lacerations at Microflex, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021727` · 2/25/2021 · ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Microflex, Inc.
- **Location:** 1800 US 1 North, ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA, 32174
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 25, 2021, an employee was using a shear to cut metal coils when the tape which holds the metal coils in place came off. This caused a coil to spring up, hitting the employee in the right eye. The employee was hospitalized with a cut to his right iris' tissue.

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