# Avulsions, enucleations at Kroger #346
> OSHA SIR `20161211742` · 12/18/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger #346
- **Location:** 1505 Wirt Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77055
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing trash in a trash compactor outside the back of the store when the sharp metal edge of the compactor avulsed his right middle finger. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

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