# Avulsions, enucleations at Owens Illinois Glass
> OSHA SIR `2015108146` · 10/21/2015 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Owens Illinois Glass
- **Location:** 5200 Beverly Dr., WACO, TEXAS, 76711
- **NAICS:** 327211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making an adjustment to a pneumatic strapper head that was energized. Pneumatic pressure kicked back pinching the employee's right ring finger between the adjustment tool and the metal plating causing a loss of soft tissue (no bone) requiring surgical repair.

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