# Avulsions, enucleations at Bekeart
> OSHA SIR `2018088434` · 8/16/2018 · ROME, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Bekeart
- **Location:** 301 Darlinton Rd, ROME, GEORGIA, 30161
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to burn off a wire spool when the spool fell. It struck the employee, causing a rupture of the right bicep tendon, a minor burn on the right palm, a bruise on the left knee, a traumatic hematoma of the upper right quad (thigh and knee), and a closed degloving lesion of the upper right quad (thigh and knee).

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