# Avulsions, enucleations at Applegate Louisiana LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191010268` · 10/1/2019 · MONROE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Applegate Louisiana LLC
- **Location:** 2500 Jackson Street, MONROE, LOUISIANA, 71202
- **NAICS:** 423330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's finger was caught between a belt and pulley while he was installing a new belt on a machine, resulting in an avulsion to his left ring finger.

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