# Avulsions, enucleations at Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016109672` · 10/13/2016 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-live roller
## Employer
- **Name:** Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC
- **Location:** East West Copolymer, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70805
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee standing at the end of a production line reached inside a bin that contained 30-75 lbs. of rubber. A bin shifted, pinching the employee's finger between a bin and the roller. A piece of the skin on the employee's middle finger was pulled off.

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