# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at GMB Power Line Services
> OSHA SIR `2025032811` · 3/25/2025 · CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Other hammers, mallets
## Employer
- **Name:** GMB Power Line Services
- **Location:** 118 Lowboy Lane, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25320
- **NAICS:** 486990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a ballpeen hammer to hit a metal stud. A metal shard broke off from the stud and hit the employee's left eye. The employee was hospitalized for surgery, but did not lose their eye.

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