# Amputations at Walmart Distribution Center #6010
> OSHA SIR `2019010495` · 1/15/2019 · DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Clothing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Distribution Center #6010
- **Location:** 1401 West Baker Hwy, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, 31533
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was attempting to remove a jammed box on a conveyor system when his apron was caught in the conveyor roller and pulled him down. The employee caught himself with his hands  and then his left  pinky finger went into the roller. He pulled his finger free and then his right pinky finger went into the roller. The roller partially amputated his right pinky fingertip and his left finger was fractured.

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