# Avulsions, enucleations at Excel Machinery Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2017032662` · 3/23/2017 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** Excel Machinery Ltd
- **Location:** 12100 Interstate 40 Access Rd, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79120
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance in the point of operation of a rock crusher. When the retaining pin for the rotor was removed, the employee fell with the rotor into the point of operation. The back of his calves were lacerated and de-gloved by the rotor, requiring hospitalization.

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