# Blindness, low vision at Rent A Wheel
> OSHA SIR `20221211300` · 12/31/2022 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Blindness, low vision
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Buffers, polishers, waxers-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Rent A Wheel
- **Location:** 1777 SW Loop 410, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78227
- **NAICS:** 423130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a flat tire. He was using a buffing tool when the stone attachment came apart, throwing debris into the employee's left eye resulting in the loss of vision in the left eye.

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