# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at AEP Ohio
> OSHA SIR `20241110850` · 11/21/2024 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AEP Ohio
- **Location:** 4909 Westerville Rd, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43231
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee bent down to retrieve a tool from a bucket when a concentric neutral wire that was peeled back from an underground cable being spliced contacted their left eye. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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