# Avulsions, enucleations at International Technical Polymer Systems
> OSHA SIR `20221110289` · 11/23/2022 · NILES, OHIO
## 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:** International Technical Polymer Systems
- **Location:** 852 Ann St., NILES, OHIO, 44446
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unclog material in a pug mill. The machine's paddles degloved his right hand and caused a shoulder injury.

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