# Avulsions, enucleations at Junction Fuels, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032090` · 3/7/2023 · SWEET HOME, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization, 1 loss of eye**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Junction Fuels, LLC
- **Location:** 29.35526, -97.02524, SWEET HOME, TEXAS, 77987
- **NAICS:** 454310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering fuel into tanks at a customer site when a 3-inch cap from the load line of the fuel truck struck the employee's right eye, resulting in the loss of that eye.

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