# Amputations at Bjs Wholesale Club Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021076220` · 7/27/2021 · BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Bjs Wholesale Club Inc.
- **Location:** 309 Dultys Ln, BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY, 08016
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a forklift when their left index finger was pinched and partially amputated by a moving chain on the forklift.

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