# Amputations at Beckwith Lumber Company
> OSHA SIR `20201211937` · 12/22/2020 · SLATYFORK, 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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Beckwith Lumber Company
- **Location:** 34443 Seneca Trail, SLATYFORK, WEST VIRGINIA, 26291
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an edger chain. While the edger was shut off, the employee reached to straighten out a board on it; the edger was turned on and the employee's glove was pulled into the chain. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the left middle fingertip.

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