# Avulsions, enucleations at Temple University
> OSHA SIR `2015118690` · 11/17/2015 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Temple University
- **Location:** 3307 N. Broad St., PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19140
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a food processor to slice cucumbers. The employee's nail was removed when it was caught on the blade while unjamming it.

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