# Avulsions, enucleations at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `2017065615` · 6/19/2017 · CRETE, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 2223 Co Rd I, CRETE, NEBRASKA, 68333
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was skinning hams on a pedestal skinner. As he pushed down on the end of the ham, his hand rolled over and the skinner caught the top of his right hand, avulsing it. He was wearing the correct PPE at the time.

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