Berkeley Springs, WV ·
OSHA Injury Report: Caperton Furnitureworks LLC
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Caperton Furnitureworks LLC in 5270 Valley Road, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411 resulted in days away from work. Employee was bed Builder in furniture, wood household-type, not upholstered (except TV and radio housings, and sewing machine cabinets), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Caperton Furnitureworks LLC
- Parent company
- Caperton Furnitureworks
- Street
- 5270 Valley Road
- City
- Berkeley Springs
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 25411
- On-site location
- Shop- Bed Dept. @ his workbench.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
Gathering parts to prepare to begin building another Bed.
What happened
He placed the Bed Post on the edge of the workbench. Left hand was positioned on top of the post to hold the post while using right hand with the Wood [REDACTED] to clean up a mortise cut on the post. While using the [REDACTED] to cut wood inside the mortise the [REDACTED] jumped out of the mortise traveled forward where his left hand was holding the post [REDACTED] struck left hand causing a laceration.
Injury or illness
Approximate 1 long laceration to left anterior palm near the medial aspect.
Object or substance involved
1 wide Wood Chisel blade.
Summary line
[REDACTED] jumped out of mortise and cut left palm.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Bed Builder
- SOC code
- 51-7011: Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
- NAICS code
- 337122: Furniture, wood household-type, not upholstered (except TV and radio housings, and sewing machine cabinets), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 170
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 284,332
- EIN
- 550747153
- Establishment ID
- 70408
- Employer case #
- 2023-3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 10:20
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-26
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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