# Avulsions, enucleations at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `2019088090` · 8/7/2019 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 1400 North Weber Avenue, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hose to spray an overhead conveyor while on a six-foot extension ladder. The employee lost balance and their hand became caught in the running conveyor belt. The employee sustained three broken fingers and a partial degloving of the left hand.

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