# Amputations at Whirlpool Corporation, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181010372` · 10/7/2018 · OTTAWA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Whirlpool Corporation, LLC
- **Location:** 677 Woodland Dr, OTTAWA, OHIO, 45875
- **NAICS:** 335224
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 7, 2018, an employee was putting cardboard into a baler when the machine's guard was lowered onto his finger, pinching his left little finger against the frame. The end of the finger was amputated.

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