Amputations

Name: Amputations at WalMart Super Center
Start: 11/26/2019

1 amputation · 20191112240 · 11/26/2019 · WalMart Super Center

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
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 being pushed by injured worker
Source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
Secondary source: Doors, except garage and vehicle

Employer

Name: WalMart Super Center
Location: 1150 US Highway 60 East, REPUBLIC, MISSOURI, 65738
NAICS: 452111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pulling a ladder cart full of dairy overstock back to the walk-in cooler when their finger was caught between the cart and a door handle resulting in a partial amputation.

Source

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