# Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels at CH&N Site Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021626` · 2/21/2024 · MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Chips, pellets  metal
- **Secondary source:** Excavators
## Employer
- **Name:** CH&N Site Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** Mechanicsburg Housing Development, MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17055
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A mechanic was using a hammer to seat a bucket tooth onto an excavator bucket on the jobsite. A chunk of metal flew off the bucket tooth and went under the mechanic's safety glasses and impaled his eye.

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