# Avulsions, enucleations at Elliott Equipment Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017087754` · 8/14/2017 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Elliott Equipment Co.
- **Location:** 4427 S 76th Circle, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68127
- **NAICS:** 333924
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a piece of cut angle iron from the fixed vice area of a band saw when his right index and middle fingertips were pinched and avulsed in the vice area.

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