# Avulsions, enucleations at York Wallcoverings, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2019010316` · 1/10/2019 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Printing machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** York Wallcoverings, Incorporated
- **Location:** 2075 LOUCKS ROAD, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17404
- **NAICS:** 323111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been operating an embossing press. The employee noticed a piece of splicing tape was not adhering correctly. When he attempted to fix the tape, his right hand became caught in the embossing rollers. Four fingers on the right hand were degloved and the employee was hospitalized.

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