# Amputations at Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2016031863` · 3/1/2016 · AKRON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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