# Avulsions, enucleations at United Gin Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171211830` · 12/13/2017 · LAMESA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Gin Corporation
- **Location:** 2501 S. Highway 87, LAMESA, TEXAS, 79331
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left arm was caught in a lint machine while trying to apply spray primer to the feed rollers on the condenser. The employee suffered a de-gloving of the left arm from the armpit to just below the elbow.

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