# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Railworks Track Systems
> OSHA SIR `20161010178` · 10/29/2016 · MILES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** Railworks Track Systems
- **Location:** Texas-Pacifico Railroad Crossing, MILES, TEXAS, 76861
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a spike maul to set a steel spike in a wooden tie. The spike maul struck the steel joint bar and the impact broke a small piece of steel off the joint bar. The small piece of steel struck the employee in the right eye.

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