# Avulsions, enucleations at South Miami Hospital
> OSHA SIR `20181111544` · 11/8/2018 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** South Miami Hospital
- **Location:** 6200 SW 73rd Street, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33143
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to perform preventive maintenance on an air handler. The air handler had not come to a full stop when he lost his balance and went to hold onto the machine. Three of his fingers were caught between the belt and the pulley, resulting in avulsions.

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