# Avulsions, enucleations at Rich Products Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017032703` · 3/24/2017 · NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization, 1 loss of eye**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Furniture and fixtures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rich Products Corporation
- **Location:** 263 Myrtle Street, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, 06053
- **NAICS:** 722310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped underneath a coat hanger while reaching for an article of clothing and walked into a wall-mounted clothing hook, hitting and dislodging his left eye.

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