# Amputations at Bluewater Manufacturing Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016064835` · 6/1/2016 · SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bluewater Manufacturing Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 3100 McCorkle Avenue SW, SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25303
- **NAICS:** 561330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a tablet machine when the discharge chute amputated the employee's fingertip.

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