# Amputations at BJ's Wholesale Club
> OSHA SIR `2022054044` · 5/9/2022 · AUBURN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
## Employer
- **Name:** BJ's Wholesale Club
- **Location:** 11 Plaza Drive, AUBURN, NEW YORK, 13021
- **NAICS:** 452311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was entering the freezer box while pushing a rolling bakery rack with her left hand and pulling a second rack with her right hand. Her right hand got caught between the freezer door and a rack resulting in the amputation of approximately 1/2 inch of her little finger.

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