# Amputations at BJs Warehouse
> OSHA SIR `2022098009` · 9/9/2022 · ROCKY HILL, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** BJs Warehouse
- **Location:** 490 Brook Street, ROCKY HILL, CONNECTICUT, 06067
- **NAICS:** 452311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismounting a standup counterbalance forklift when it turned slightly toward a rack and struck a steel beam. The tips of the employee's left little and ring fingers were pinched between the forklift and the rack. He was hospitalized and the tip of his ring finger was medically amputated.

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