# Avulsions, enucleations at Aerotek
> OSHA SIR `20211210691` · 12/13/2021 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Aerotek
- **Location:** Morton Industries, LLC, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76137
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a pallet wrapper. The employee was pushing the rotating ring by hand when it caught his glove. His right hand was pulled into the drive wheel, which removed the skin from the tips of his middle and ring fingers.

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