# Avulsions, enucleations at Superior Tube Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110803` · 11/9/2017 · COLLEGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Tooth (teeth)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Tube Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 3900 Germantown Pike, COLLEGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19426
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee pushed the button to start an oven's purge cycle when a metal plate came flying off the furnace and struck the employee's head/face. The employee suffered lacerations, a broken jaw, and missing teeth.

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