# Fractures at Colgate Palmolive Company
> OSHA SIR `2018099923` · 9/25/2018 · CAMBRIDGE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Reaming machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Colgate Palmolive Company
- **Location:** 8800 Guernsey Industrial Blvd., CAMBRIDGE, OHIO, 43725
- **NAICS:** 325611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a bottle jam from a trimmer reamer when the machine cycled and the employee's hand was caught in the machinery, fracturing four fingers and severely lacerating his hand and fingers.

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