# Avulsions, enucleations at Schindler Elevator Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016043149` · 4/14/2016 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## 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:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Schindler Elevator Corporation
- **Location:** 1802 E. 13TH St, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44114
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a machine gear on an elevator using rigging and chain falls when the employee's left pinky was pinched in the rigging, removing the fingernail and some flesh.

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