# Amputations at Sam's Club
> OSHA SIR `20201211645` · 12/12/2020 · NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Sam's Club
- **Location:** 4330 US 19, NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, 34652
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After making a bale of cardboard and plastic, an employee was trying to release the chains that helped the baler extract the bale. His right index finger was caught between the chain and the machine and amputated.

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