# Avulsions, enucleations at Thompson Pipe Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010424` · 1/13/2018 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson Pipe Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 1003 MacArthur Blvd, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75050
- **NAICS:** 327332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing tape from a pipe in a machine when his hand was caught between the pipe and a roller. Skin was removed from his hand, and his thumb broke in two places, requiring hospitalization. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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