# Cuts, lacerations at Tap Packaging Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2021098176` · 9/22/2021 · BROOKLYN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tap Packaging Solutions
- **Location:** 4600 Tiedeman Road, BROOKLYN, OHIO, 44144
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a mitering machine to cut an oversized piece of wrapping material. The blade of the machine lacerated the employee's right index finger resulting in hospitalization. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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