# Amputations at The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075682` · 7/12/2021 · WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** The Ziegenfelder Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 87 18th Street, WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, 26003
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a popsicle stick from a frozen treat machine when their glove was caught in the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation on the right hand.

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