# Cuts, lacerations at The Ziegenfelder Company
> OSHA SIR `2018010495` · 1/16/2018 · WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Ziegenfelder Company
- **Location:** 87 18th Street, WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, 26003
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 16, 2018, at approximately 5:00 a.m., an employee was operating a crimper machine when his finger contacted a pinch point and was severely cut, requiring hospitalization. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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