Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp.
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment — Amputations — AKRON, NEW YORK
| Employer | Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp. | Report ID | 2016031863 |
| Address | 113 Cedar Street | City, State ZIP | AKRON, NEW YORK 14001 |
| Event Date | March 1, 2016 | Outcome | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Source of Injury | Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c. |
| Industry (NAICS) | 332321 | Inspection # | 1129570 |
| GPS Coordinates | 43.03000, -78.49000 | ||
Incident 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.
Incident Summary
On March 1, 2016, a worker at Whiting Door Manufacturing Corp. in AKRON, NEW YORK suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck against moving part of machinery or equipment, with metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.
Context
OSHA has recorded 2,235 severe injury reports involving "Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment injuries.
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