# Avulsions, enucleations at Rocket Lab USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065042` · 6/7/2023 · STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Rocket Lab USA, Inc.
- **Location:** Stennis Space Center, STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MISSISSIPPI, 39529
- **NAICS:** 336414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were removing a clamp from the top of a pipe spool. The pipe fell and then shifted sideways, trapping one employee's thumb. The sleeve around the outside of the insulated pipe caused a crush injury to the thumb, resulting in a partial degloving.

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