# Fractures at Sofia s Handyman Services
> OSHA SIR `2025065602` · 6/12/2025 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sofia s Handyman Services
- **Location:** Amazon Rainforest, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33905
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adding a new gauge for a pipe when air pressure built up and ejected the new metallic valve. The valve struck the employee, resulting in an eye injury and a fracture to the face beneath the eye.

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