# Cuts, lacerations at Zeager Brothers, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2017076965` · 7/25/2017 · MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Zeager Brothers, Incorporated
- **Location:** 4000 East Harrisburg Pike, MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17057
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were changing the grinding hammers on a tub grinder that is used to grind mulch. As one employee was using a sledgehammer to pound one of the grinding hammers, a piece of the sledgehammer chipped off and struck the second employee in the arm, cutting an artery and requiring surgery.

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