# Avulsions, enucleations at Quality Mill Of Lousiana
> OSHA SIR `2017087542` · 8/8/2017 · FLORIEN, LOUISIANA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Quality Mill Of Lousiana
- **Location:** 39228 Highway 171, FLORIEN, LOUISIANA, 71429
- **NAICS:** 322110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a chain conveyor, moving slabs to be cut. The employee's left index finger was pinned in the drive pocket of the chain, pulling all the flesh off the finger.

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