# Avulsions, enucleations at Gavilon Grain
> OSHA SIR `2017053937` · 5/1/2017 · VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Jewelry, ID badge lanyards
## Employer
- **Name:** Gavilon Grain
- **Location:** 1833 Haining Road, VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39180
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping off an excavator when his wedding ring was caught on the excavator catwalk and his ring finger was de-gloved.

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