# Avulsions, enucleations at Bickel's Snack Food / Wege Division
> OSHA SIR `2018099095` · 9/4/2018 · HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bickel's Snack Food / Wege Division
- **Location:** 116 N. Blettner Ave, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clean out excess dough from a pretzel folding machine when her hair became caught in a rotating shaft. As a result, she lost hair and a portion of her scalp, requiring hospitalization.

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