# Avulsions, enucleations at BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair
> OSHA SIR `2019054703` · 5/8/2019 · NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
## 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 during regular operation
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair
- **Location:** 750 W. Berkley Ave., NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, 23523
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was operating a magnetic-mounted drill to drill one-inch holes in a stainless steel I-beam. As the employee was using a fox-tail style brush to sweep metal shavings off the I-beam his right middle finger was caught in the rotating drill bit. His right middle finger was degloved and two other fingers were fractured. He also sustained a fractured wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

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