# Avulsions, enucleations at FALCON PLASTICS INC
> OSHA SIR `20191010580` · 10/9/2019 · BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FALCON PLASTICS INC
- **Location:** 3300 PRINCE DRIVE, BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57006
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While performing part inspection and packaging, an employee noticed a sprue was lodged in a stripping fixture. He climbed a step stool and was trying to dislodge the sprue when a robot approached and struck his right forearm and hand as it came down. As it continued to cycle, it tore the skin and removed flesh in a downward and upward motion.

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