# Amputations at WALMART DISTIBUTION CENTER
> OSHA SIR `2015085963` · 8/20/2015 · SMYRNA, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** WALMART DISTIBUTION CENTER
- **Location:** 100 WALTON WAY, SMYRNA, DELAWARE, 19977
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift at the Walmart Distribution Center in Smyrna, Delaware.  He dismounted the moving forklift, which drove toward a vertical I-beam. His left foot got caught between the I-beam and the forklift and his toes were crushed. All of his left-foot toes were surgically amputated.

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