Amputations

Name: Amputations at Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp.
Start: 3/1/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016031863 · 3/1/2016 · Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp.
Location: 113 Cedar Street, AKRON, NEW YORK, 14001
NAICS: 332321
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was running the profile in a door panel shaper machine. When he attempted to clean out the sawdust, his left-hand pinky finger contacted and was amputated by the cutter on the machine.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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