# Avulsions, enucleations at R and R Services
> OSHA SIR `2021043128` · 4/14/2021 · KNOX CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** R and R Services
- **Location:** Customer Site, KNOX CITY, TEXAS, 79529
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking with a pipe in his hand when he tripped and fell. The employee's finger was smashed between the pipe and the floor, resulting in the detachment of their fingernail that required surgery and hospitalization to be reattached.

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