Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., 5901 West Hillsboro Boulevard, PARKLAND, FLORIDA 33067
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a band saw to cut beef shank and amputated their right middle fingertip.
An employee had clocked out and was waiting for a ride when he stepped off a curb and fell forward onto the ground. The employee sustained a fractured jaw, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was cutting the seal on a delivery truck for an inventory delivery. He fell from the loading dock to the concrete below, fracturing his humerus.
An employee was cleaning up a spill at the gas station. A customer's vehicle struck her as it left the station, causing fractures to a right-side rib, her pelvis, and a toe on her right foot.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was working to unjam an auger screw. The screw caught his glove, resulting in a severe open fracture to his left lower forearm. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was working in a warehouse without air conditioning on a day when the temperature outside was in the 90s. The employee developed heat stress, became ill, and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking in the middle of the track during heavy rain when he slipped on a rail transition and fell, hitting his arm on the rail. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left arm.
An employee was scraping down the sides of a mixing machine. The machine activated and her right arm was caught in the auger, resulting in a fractured lower arm.
Two employees were conducting a roll change on a rolling mill machine using a porter bar and a counterweight sleeve. The sleeve slid back and crushed the injured employee's right index fingertip between the sleeve and the counterweight, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.