# Avulsions, enucleations at WireCo WorldGroup
> OSHA SIR `2023032665` · 3/24/2023 · ROSENBERG, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WireCo WorldGroup
- **Location:** 1615 Spur 529, ROSENBERG, TEXAS, 77471
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending down to line up bobbins at the base of a machine. As he stood up, he placed his hand on the screen attached to the guard which then caved in. The employee's hand was pulled into the machine, causing an avulsion and lacerations to the left forearm.

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