Amputations

Name: Amputations at Walmart
Start: 7/17/2019

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2019077252 · 7/17/2019 · Walmart

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Walls

Employer

Name: Walmart
Location: 6100 Ronald Reagan Dr., LAKE ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63367
NAICS: 452910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was returning a cart mule (a machine used to move carts) to the grocery receiving side of the front of a store. The employee's right-hand fingers were caught between the cart mule and a concrete wall, causing an amputation.

Source

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