# Avulsions, enucleations at Liberty Carton Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021474` · 2/14/2017 · HALTOM CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** Liberty Carton Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 5100 Glenview Drive, HALTOM CITY, TEXAS, 76117
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a flexography machine when the conveyor belt began to jam with boxes. As the employee attempted to adjust the belt, the rotating belt's stitching removed the skin and fingernail from the employee's left pinky finger.

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