# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Anthony Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric
> OSHA SIR `2024088064` · 8/30/2024 · OLATHE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Screwdrivers
- **Secondary source:** Eye and face protection
## Employer
- **Name:** Anthony Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric
- **Location:** 15927 S Avalon St., OLATHE, KANSAS, 66061
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a slip sleeve under an electrical meter. He was dislodging old conduit when his demolition screwdriver got stuck in the cut. When he freed the screwdriver, it snapped out of his hands and its head struck his left eye, breaking through his safety glasses. He suffered optical nerve damage that caused him to lose all function in the eye. The employee was hospitalized.

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