# Avulsions, enucleations at Kothmann Enterprises
> OSHA SIR `2022054008` · 5/9/2022 · BIG SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization, 1 loss of eye**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Kothmann Enterprises
- **Location:** 3616 H C Airport Rd, BIG SPRING, TEXAS, 79720
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a punch and die set when a metal piece on the punch broke off and hit him in the right eye, resulting in the loss of the right eye.

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