# Avulsions, enucleations at Tropical Shipping USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021064897` · 6/16/2021 · MEDLEY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Tropical Shipping USA, LLC
- **Location:** 9505 NW 108th Ave., MEDLEY, FLORIDA, 33178
- **NAICS:** 483111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just unjammed a warehouse dock leveler. The end of the dock leveler came down on the employee's left middle and ring fingers, crushing them against a container and causing avulsions.

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