# Avulsions, enucleations at Drilling & Blasting Rock Specialists, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022043214` · 4/12/2022 · AUBURN, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Drills-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Drilling & Blasting Rock Specialists, Inc
- **Location:** Center Street Auburn Maine Rent it, AUBURN, MAINE, 04210
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drilling into rock when his thumb became caught in the drill bit resulting in an avulsion injury.

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