# Avulsions, enucleations at Mount Vernon Mills, INC
> OSHA SIR `20191111549` · 11/5/2019 · TRION, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Mount Vernon Mills, INC
- **Location:** 91 4th St., TRION, GEORGIA, 30753
- **NAICS:** 313310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a choke with an air hose when the hose was caught by and pulled into a moving gear. The employee's hand was also pulled into the gear, suffering a cut and an avulsion injury.

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