# Avulsions, enucleations at M & R Printing Equipment, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021119417` · 11/1/2021 · LEWISVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ear(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** M & R Printing Equipment, Inc.
- **Location:** 2900 S Valley Pkwy, STE 300, LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, 75067
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a machine when it started and cut off his right ear. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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