# Cuts, lacerations at BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (store #308)
> OSHA SIR `20181111746` · 11/14/2018 · FLEMINGTON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. (store #308)
- **Location:** 186 Highway 31, FLEMINGTON, NEW JERSEY, 08822
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting pork loin with a band saw. As he tried to adjust a stuck gauge plate, his left hand contacted the band saw blade, causing a deep knuckle laceration that required surgery to repair the ligament.

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