# Amputations at Walmart Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010023` · 1/2/2019 · PALATKA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 1024 S. State Rd. 19, PALATKA, FLORIDA, 32177
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to pull a dock plate out at the loading dock when the plate popped out, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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