# Avulsions, enucleations at U.s Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `20171111157` · 11/21/2017 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization, 1 loss of eye**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.s Postal Service
- **Location:** 341 9th Avenue, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10199
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sorting mail when he picked up a parcel that contained a sharp object. The object then came out of the parcel and hit his left eye, resulting in an eye loss.

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