# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Stainless Marine, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021064588` · 6/6/2021 · OPA LOCKA, FLORIDA
## 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:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Stainless Marine, Inc.
- **Location:** 13800 Northwest 19th Avenue, OPA LOCKA, FLORIDA, 33054
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling air pockets in seam welding for structural support on an aluminum platform. As the employee was grinding the platform with a grinding disk, a piece of metal from a wire brush (which had been embedded in the aluminum) came free and injured his left eye.

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