# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Casella Recycling LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021031912` · 3/3/2021 · CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Drills-stationary
## Employer
- **Name:** Casella Recycling LLC
- **Location:** 24 Bunker HIll Industrial Park, CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, 02129
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking along a platform when a drill bit, being used nearby, broke and sent a steel shard into the employee's left eye. The employee suffered a cut retina.

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