# Amputations at BJs Wholesale Club
> OSHA SIR `2022119975` · 11/13/2022 · STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** BJs Wholesale Club
- **Location:** 901 Technology Center Drive, STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02072
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting pork tenderloin with a band saw. A piece of bone became stuck and upon loosening it, the employee's right thumb came in contact with the blade. The employee sustained a partial thumb amputation.

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