# Amputations at WVGBC Audrina Mill
> OSHA SIR `2022097916` · 9/6/2022 · GAP MILLS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **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:** WVGBC Audrina Mill
- **Location:** 95 Doss Shaver Rd, GAP MILLS, WEST VIRGINIA, 24941
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a quarter saw. As the employee adjusted a wooden work piece, the incline chain caught the employee's glove. The employee's left hand was pulled into the sprocket and chain, and the ring finger was amputated at the knuckle.

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