Amputations

Name: Amputations at BJ'S Wholesale Inc.
Start: 8/27/2015

1 amputation · 2015086203 · 8/27/2015 · BJ'S Wholesale Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Scrubbers-powered

Employer

Name: BJ'S Wholesale Inc.
Location: 1725 Market Place Blvd., CUMMING, GEORGIA, 30041
NAICS: 452910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee operating a walk behind floor scrubber suffered a right middle fingertip amputation when he reached under the floor scrubber to unclog it and his finger was caught in the rotating fan. The floor scrubber was running at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown