# Avulsions, enucleations at Hydro Extrusion North America
> OSHA SIR `2018010310` · 1/10/2018 · CRESSONA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hydro Extrusion North America
- **Location:** 53 Pottsville St., CRESSONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17929
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 10, 2018, at approximately 8:00 AM, an employee was removing a mandrel from a press using a hoist and a J-hook when the mandrel became disconnected from the J-hook and fell on the left lower leg (shin) of the employee, causing an avulsion. The employee was hospitalized.

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