# Cuts, lacerations at O'Brien Diesel & Performance, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021032575` · 3/26/2021 · GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** O'Brien Diesel & Performance, LLC
- **Location:** 10200 Logan Cline Drive, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 39503
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a ball press when a pin that joins parts of the tool together broke. A part of the broken pin struck the employee in the left eye, resulting in a laceration.

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