# Avulsions, enucleations at Waste Management Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098544` · 9/8/2020 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization, 1 loss of eye**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Bungee cords
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management Inc.
- **Location:** 2110 N Peak Street, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75204
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tying a bungee cord when it came loose and struck his left eye resulting in the loss of the eye at the hospital.

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