# Avulsions, enucleations at Erieview Metal Treating
> OSHA SIR `2022032137` · 3/9/2022 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 loss of eye**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Erieview Metal Treating
- **Location:** 4465 JOHNSTON PARKWAY, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44128
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at the back end of a machine where parts came down a metal chute. He was bending over, trying to center a bin under the chute, when a hydraulic switch on a painting machine caught his eye and injured it. The eye was removed.

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