# Cuts, lacerations at UPS
> OSHA SIR `2021065338` · 6/30/2021 · NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle struck by falling or flying object-roadway
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** UPS
- **Location:** 3 Whipple St., NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03060
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a vehicle down a dirt road when a windstorm caused tree branches to come down all over the road. A branch struck a mirror bracket and glass broke. A piece of glass got into the employee's eye  and lacerated the retina.

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