# Avulsions, enucleations at PACTIV LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021855` · 2/28/2023 · BRIDGEVIEW, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Scalp
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PACTIV LLC
- **Location:** 7701 W. 79th Street, BRIDGEVIEW, ILLINOIS, 60455
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing plastic shards from a machine using a compressed air hose. She stepped on the guardrail to gain better access to the accumulated plastic and her hair was caught in the rotating canopy drive shaft. The employee suffered hair loss and scalp damage. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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