# Amputations at MASONITE CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `20161211746` · 12/18/2016 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MASONITE CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1001 SOUTH 4TH AVENUE, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
- **NAICS:** 321219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was monitoring the production line when he saw that a board on the line was not straight. As he attempted to straighten the board, his left ring finger was caught between the board and a flapper, amputating it just below the fingernail.

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