# Avulsions, enucleations at New Comer Cremations & Funerals
> OSHA SIR `2023054138` · 5/8/2023 · NORTH SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization, 1 loss of eye**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** New Comer Cremations & Funerals
- **Location:** 705 North Main Street, NORTH SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13212
- **NAICS:** 812210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading flowers into a funeral home vehicle when they tripped and fell, striking their face on the retaining wall of a flower bed. The employee sustained a facial injury and lost an eye.

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