# Avulsions, enucleations at U S Forest Service
> OSHA SIR `2023087167` · 8/7/2023 · TILLER, OREGON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization, 1 loss of eye**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Roofs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other structures, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U S Forest Service
- **Location:** 27812 Tiller Trail Hwy, TILLER, OREGON, 97484
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was prepping a surface while on the roof when they fell approximately 13-16 feet. The fall propelled the employee up and forward onto a T-post and their eye/skull was impaled. The employee sustained injuries to their eyes, face, and feet.

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