# Amputations at Buckhannon Upshur Work Adjustment Center
> OSHA SIR `2019099876` · 9/20/2019 · BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Buckhannon Upshur Work Adjustment Center
- **Location:** 211 Little Sand Run Road, BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26201
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 9:30 a.m. on September 20, 2019, an employee was about to cut a board on a table saw when the sawblade amputated the first and fifth digits of the employee's right hand.

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