# Amputations at Walmart
> OSHA SIR `2019077252` · 7/17/2019 · LAKE ST LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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