# Amputations at Walmart Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054769` · 5/22/2020 · WESTBURY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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.

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