# Avulsions, enucleations at United Continental Holdings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099870` · 9/24/2018 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## 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, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** United Continental Holdings, Inc.
- **Location:** Newark Liberty International Airport, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07114
- **NAICS:** 481111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting baggage handling belts. The employee's hand was caught between the rollers on a belt, causing the degloving of two fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

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