# Avulsions, enucleations at FedEx Ground
> OSHA SIR `20231110077` · 11/1/2023 · MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ground
- **Location:** 553 Caperton Boulevard, MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 25401
- **NAICS:** 561431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an electric temperature gun to check the temperature of a ball bearing on a conveyor belt system. He slipped and the belt caught his left arm, removing skin. He was hospitalized.

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