# Amputations at Whirlpool Corporation, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018077057` · 7/13/2018 · OTTAWA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Whirlpool Corporation, LLC
- **Location:** 677 Woodland Dr, OTTAWA, OHIO, 45875
- **NAICS:** 335224
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 13, 2018, an employee was performing a change-over on a foamer. The employee was lowering the locking plate onto the plug; it was misaligned, and the employee pushed on it. The plate aligned and amputated the tip of the employee's left middle finger.

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