# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Trans-Global Solutions, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010161` · 1/6/2025 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Chips, pellets  metal
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Trans-Global Solutions, Inc.
- **Location:** 1735 W Cardinal Drive, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sledgehammer to remove a stuck coupling. A piece of metal broke off, struck his eye, and pierced his pupil. He 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*