# Avulsions, enucleations at von Drehle Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019077161` · 7/15/2019 · NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** von Drehle Corporation
- **Location:** 30 Majorca Rd., NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI, 39120
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a clog from the impeller of a filter press using a pipe wrench. When the clog became free, a V-belt moved as a result of gravity and crushed the employee's left middle finger, resulting in an avulsion.

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