# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Monro Auto Service and Tire Centers
> OSHA SIR `2025021251` · 2/7/2025 · MALTA, NEW YORK
## 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:** Striking and nailing handtools  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Monro Auto Service and Tire Centers
- **Location:** 7 Blacksmith Drive, MALTA, NEW YORK, 12020
- **NAICS:** 811198
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a pickup truck. The employee was removing a U-joint with a hammer when a piece of metal from the U-joint got into their right eye causing injury and loss of vision. The employee was hospitalized.

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