# Avulsions, enucleations at CARDINAL SCALE MANUFACTURING
> OSHA SIR `2016042872` · 4/6/2016 · WEBB CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization, 1 loss of eye**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Nail guns-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** CARDINAL SCALE MANUFACTURING
- **Location:** 203 EAST DAUGHERTY, WEBB CITY, MISSOURI, 64870
- **NAICS:** 333997
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee attempted to tap into an airline to operate a nail gun. When he operated the nail gun, it exploded. The employee lost an eye and suffered multiple lacerations to the hands and face.

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