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OSHA Injury Report: Caperton Furnitureworks LLC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Caperton Furnitureworks LLC in Berkeley Springs, WV 25411 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sander in furniture, wood household-type, not upholstered (except TV and radio housings, and sewing machine cabinets), manufacturing.

Establishment
Caperton Furnitureworks LLC
Parent company
Caperton Furnitureworks
Street
5270 Valley Road
City
Berkeley Springs
State
WV
ZIP
25411
On-site location
Finishing Sanding Line
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
149

Her normal job of sanding furniture.

She placed one foot onto a 16 step stool. Foot was barely on the stool majority of the foot overhanging the edge of the stool. She transferred her other foot to the stool while all her body weight was on the one foot on the edge of the stool the stool flipped over causing her to fall across the stool and striking a nearby workbench.

Left shin abrasion from stool; left knee pain from striking the stool; left shoulder sprain from striking the nearby workbench.

Stool and Workbench.

Stepped on edge of Stool fell across stool & into nearby workbench.

Job description
Sander
SOC code
51-7042 — Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
NAICS code
337122 — Furniture, wood household-type, not upholstered (except TV and radio housings, and sewing machine cabinets), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
170
Total hours worked
284332
EIN
550747153
Establishment ID
70408
Employer case #
2023-4
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:45:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:15:30:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.