# Avulsions, enucleations at JH STEVEDORING
> OSHA SIR `2015086122` · 8/25/2015 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Slings
## Employer
- **Name:** JH STEVEDORING
- **Location:** 2147 S. COLUMBUS BLVD., PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19148
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 25, 2015 at approximately 11:25am, an employee was attaching slings to a spreader. When the vessel moved, the sling hit his right middle finger and tore the nail bed off. The employee was treated and released from the hospital on the same day.

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