# Avulsions, enucleations at Scheck Mechanical Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2019043412` · 4/2/2019 · BARTONVILLE, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Scheck Mechanical Corp.
- **Location:** Edwards Power Station, BARTONVILLE, ILLINOIS, 61607
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 2, 2019, an employee was holding onto a hoist chain with one hand and placed the other hand above the hoist block. As the employee pushed the load away from the handrail, the employee's glove pulled the employee's right hand into the hoist block, pinching the fifth digit between the chain guide and hoist chain. As a result, the employee suffered a right pinky finger distal phalanx fracture and soft tissue avulsion, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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