# Avulsions, enucleations at Methuen Construction
> OSHA SIR `2022087771` · 8/31/2022 · KITTERY, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
## Employer
- **Name:** Methuen Construction
- **Location:** 1 Walker St., KITTERY, MAINE, 03904
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a cement mixer when their hand was caught by the blades. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the hand and a degloving injury to the top portion of the hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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