# Fractures at TCI Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077080` · 7/13/2018 · CANTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
- **Secondary source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** TCI Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 22500 E. McKinley Road, CANTON, ILLINOIS, 61520
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an underground irrigation system when a cap for a 2-inch PVC pipe blew off with approximately 60 pounds of pressure and struck the employee in the right eye area, causing a laceration above the right eye and fractured right eye socket.

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