# Avulsions, enucleations at Rich Ice Cream Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022098070` · 9/12/2022 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rich Ice Cream Co.
- **Location:** 2915 S. DIXIE HWY., WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33405
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing out product that had accumulated in an ice cream machine's crunch basin when his right middle finger was caught in the machine. The employee suffered an avulsion and was hospitalized.

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