# Avulsions, enucleations at Gulf Machine Shop, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044135` · 4/23/2019 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Machine Shop, Inc.
- **Location:** 5337 E. Broad St., LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70615
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift was lifting a piece of scrap metal.  The scrap metal cut the strap tying it to the forklift and fell onto an employee. The skin on the employee's right arm was removed.

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