# Amputations at Sam's Club
> OSHA SIR `2020065748` · 6/19/2020 · MANSFIELD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Sam's Club
- **Location:** 1740 North FM 157, MANSFIELD, TEXAS, 76063
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack to stock inside a freezer when his finger became stuck between a steel plate and the power jack, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation.

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