# Avulsions, enucleations at DUPONT SABINE RIVER WORKS
> OSHA SIR `2017054367` · 5/13/2017 · ORANGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** DUPONT SABINE RIVER WORKS
- **Location:** 3055 FM 1006, ORANGE, TEXAS, 77630
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pedestal grinder to grind a work piece when his thumb was caught between the work piece and the grinding wheel, avulsing his thumbnail and the tissue below the nail.

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