# Avulsions, enucleations at The Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `2018054566` · 5/10/2018 · JOLIET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** The Home Depot
- **Location:** 2950 Centerpoint Way, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, 60436
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a receiving conveyor line when it stopped. The employee removed a label that covered a photo eye and the conveyor started to run again. The employee's right hand was then caught between the conveyor belt and a roller, causing contusions, swelling, and skin removal.  The employee was hospitalized.

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