# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Medtronic, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021109321` · 10/29/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Bungee cords
## Employer
- **Name:** Medtronic, Inc.
- **Location:** 7028 Gessner Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unpacking testing equipment. While releasing the bungee hooks, the first cord slipped out of their hand and a metal s-hook hit their left eye.

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