# Amputations at Huttig Building Products
> OSHA SIR `2016087173` · 8/3/2016 · OBETZ, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Huttig Building Products
- **Location:** 2160 McGaw Road, OBETZ, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine to load wood slabs for processing into doors. As the employee was attempting to remove cardboard from the bottom of the slab being handled, the machine clamped onto the slab. The employee's left middle and ring fingertips were crushed and amputated between the slab and the clamp. The employee was hospitalized.

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