# Amputations at Trader Joe's Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020761` · 2/25/2015 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Trader Joe's Company Inc.
- **Location:** 1630 Washington Road, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15241
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's fingertip was amputated while operating a baler in the back room of the store. The employee was lowering the baler gate when it slammed on the employee's fingertip. The employee was seen in the emergency room, where it was discovered that the fingertip could not be reattached.

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