# Avulsions, enucleations at Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
> OSHA SIR `2017010169` · 1/6/2017 · EAGLE RIVER, ALASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization, 1 loss of eye**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ammunition
## Employer
- **Name:** Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Location:** Anchorage Regional Landfill, EAGLE RIVER, ALASKA, 99577
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

The injured employee was part of a two man team performing bird harassment at a landfill. The process required firing 12 gauge cracker shells to displace the birds. After a failed detonation, the injured employee proceeded to eject the miss-fired round. Immediately upon ejection, the miss-fired round denoted resulting in substantial injury to the employee's face and hand area. The employee was hospitalized and treated for the loss of his right eye plus a cheekbone fracture and a concussion.

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