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Amputations

1 amputation · 2020054769 · 5/22/2020 · Walmart Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Office, banking, and retail machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Walmart Inc.
Location
12220 Old Country Road, WESTBURY, NEW YORK, 11590
NAICS
452112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was fixing the coin hopper in a coin recycler that would not dispense change. After emptying out the pennies and coin holders, she was closing the coin hopper when her hand was caught in the closing door. As a result, she suffered a left index fingernail amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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