# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Casella Waste Systems
> OSHA SIR `2025010835` · 1/27/2025 · CHESHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
- **Source:** Wire, cables nonelectrified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Casella Waste Systems
- **Location:** 485 S State Road,, CHESHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01225
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a bale tie wire to feed into the baler when the wire snapped back and punctured his right eye.

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