# Avulsions, enucleations at Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087535` · 8/10/2020 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
- **Location:** 5200 Salem Avenue, DAYTON, OHIO, 45426
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a reach truck when the safety flags fell between the operator's compartment and mast. The employee attempted to grab the flags and hit the controller while doing so. The mast lowered, trapping his right arm in the machine. He was hospitalized with a degloved arm.

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