# Avulsions, enucleations at Pratt Impress Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `20171211988` · 12/18/2017 · EMMAUS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s) and arms(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Trip without fall, unspecified
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pratt Impress Manufacturing
- **Location:** 726 Broad Street, EMMAUS, PENNSYLVANIA, 18049
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding cardboard sheets into a machine when a jam occurred. He was attempting to unjam the machine when he tripped and used his right hand to catch himself. His right arm/elbow area was then caught between the machine's anvil roller and stop shaft before the machine fully stopped. He suffered a skin detachment injury to his right arm's elbow/bicep area, requiring hospitalization and surgery. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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