# Avulsions, enucleations at ATLANTIC AMBULANCE CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2016065179` · 6/12/2016 · STIRLING, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ambulance, police, and other emergency passenger vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Jewelry, ID badge lanyards
## Employer
- **Name:** ATLANTIC AMBULANCE CORP.
- **Location:** Chestnut St., STIRLING, NEW JERSEY, 07980
- **NAICS:** 621910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting the patient compartment of an ambulance when her ring caught on a thumbscrew on the railing. Skin was torn from her ring finger, requiring surgery.

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