# Avulsions, enucleations at Owens Corning, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016021555` · 2/21/2016 · WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Owens Corning, LLC
- **Location:** 3700 North Interstate Highway 35 East, WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, 75165
- **NAICS:** 327993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about February 21, 2016, at approximately 9:40 a.m., an employee operating a wool separator machine was attempting to clear a jam when his hand was caught in the machine. He suffered an avulsion that required hospitalization for stitches.

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