# Amputations at Caperton Furnitureworks, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016065087` · 6/9/2016 · BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Caperton Furnitureworks, LLC
- **Location:** 5270 Valley Road, BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA, 25411
- **NAICS:** 337122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handing a coworker pieces of wood after cutting them with a chop saw when the saw activated and partially amputated his right thumb.

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