# Avulsions, enucleations at Vulcan Steel Products Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022098599` · 9/29/2022 · PELHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Threading and tapping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Vulcan Steel Products Inc
- **Location:** 10 Crosscreek Trail, PELHAM, ALABAMA, 35124
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to thread material into a machine. His index finger was caught in the machine's point of operation, and he suffered an avulsion to the nail as well as an open fracture.

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