# Avulsions, enucleations at Hilmar Cheese Company
> OSHA SIR `2020010971` · 1/29/2020 · DALHART, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Hilmar Cheese Company
- **Location:** 12400 US Hwy 385, DALHART, TEXAS, 79022
- **NAICS:** 445299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a dry packaging machine when the machine jammed. As the employee attempted to unjam the hopper, the auger caught and degloved the employee's left index finger, resulting in the loss of the nail.

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