# Avulsions, enucleations at Gateway Packaging Company
> OSHA SIR `2017032452` · 3/16/2017 · GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gateway Packaging Company
- **Location:** 20 Central Industrial Drive, GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 3/15/17 at approximately 9:45 PM, an employee crawled under a bag machine to place a bucket in the paper catch to capture dripping glue while the machine was running. The employee's hair was caught in a moving shaft in the spot paste unit resulting in a scalping injury.

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