# Amputations at BJ's Wholesale Club
> OSHA SIR `2022053842` · 5/4/2022 · SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BJ's Wholesale Club
- **Location:** 70 Cluff Road, SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03079
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a tire rim clamp machine to accept a tire when the bead brake on the machine caught one of his left-hand fingers, resulting in an amputation.

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