# Amputations at BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.,
> OSHA SIR `2023021358` · 2/12/2023 · EDISON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.,
- **Location:** 1000 Route 1, EDISON, NEW JERSEY, 08817
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a beef shank on a meat band saw and sustained a partial amputation of the left side of his left thumb tip.

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