# Retinal tear at Building Concrete Solutions L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2025010638` · 1/20/2025 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Retinal tear
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Chips, pellets  metal
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Building Concrete Solutions L.P.
- **Location:** (MD Anderson Cancer Center) 7777 Knight Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hammer and chisel when metal debris struck him in the left eye. The employee was hospitalized with a metal shaving in his left eye and a torn retina.

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