Amputations

Name: Amputations at Walmart
Start: 5/3/2019

1 amputation · 2019054535 · 5/3/2019 · Walmart

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Conveyors-powered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Walmart
Location: 2786 Commercial Blvd., CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54729
NAICS: 452112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was manually unfolding the chute (wing) on a fast loader machine (sorting conveyor), so boxes could be removed from a semi-trailer and sorted into individual department carts. The employee's left middle finger was pinched between a hinge and partially amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown