# Avulsions, enucleations at DOMTAR INDUSTRIES
> OSHA SIR `2019032854` · 3/19/2019 · ASHDOWN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** DOMTAR INDUSTRIES
- **Location:** 285 HWY 71 SOUTH, ASHDOWN, ARKANSAS, 71822
- **NAICS:** 322110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding metal inside a shear machine. The machine cycled and its guards came down onto the employee's left index and middle fingers. The employee suffered a broken middle finger and an index finger avulsion.

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