# Cuts, lacerations at The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032492` · 3/17/2017 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 400 Yuma St., DENVER, COLORADO, 80204
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was operating the wrapper knife machine which cuts plastic wrap that is used to package ice pops. The plastic wrap jammed underneath the guard. When the employee attempted to clear the jam, his left thumb was severely lacerated requiring surgery and hospitalization.

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