# Avulsions, enucleations at Brunelle Brothers Electric
> OSHA SIR `2021032704` · 3/31/2021 · BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ear(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Brunelle Brothers Electric
- **Location:** 164 Lexington Road, BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS, 01821
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were rolling a wooden cable spool that weighed approximately 500 lbs. down a flight of stairs. The employees were in the process of spinning the spool around a stair railing when it suddenly rolled down the stairs and pushed an employee to the second deck. The employee lost consciousness and suffered a partial ear avulsion.

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