OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221406887

BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB, INC.

SPRINGFIELD, PA· 2021-10-27T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Control Lever, Crushed, Falling Object, Finger, Forklift, Lift operator, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Pulling, Storage Rack, Struck By
NAICS: 424410
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345610802
Employer profile: BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB, INC.
Summary number: 221406887
Report ID: 0317000

Event description

Employee amputates finger when caught between forklift and r

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 a.m. on October 27, 2021, an employee was operating forklift, pulling down a pallet from a steel rack when she got startled by a light bulb that fell from a light fixture and struck the forklift. The employee jerked the control handle and caught her hand between the forklift cabin and the steel rack. Employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation of her left pinky finger.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
0

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.