# Amputations at BJ'S Wholesale Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015086203` · 8/27/2015 · CUMMING, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Scrubbers-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** BJ'S Wholesale Inc.
- **Location:** 1725 Market Place Blvd., CUMMING, GEORGIA, 30041
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating a walk behind floor scrubber suffered a right middle fingertip amputation when he reached under the floor scrubber to unclog it and his finger was caught in the rotating fan. The floor scrubber was running at the time.

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