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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024054628 · 5/27/2024 · Walmart

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Banding, baling, strapping machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Walmart
Location
117 Wilton Boulevard, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 19720
NAICS
452210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was making a bale of cardboard and sustained a fingertip amputation on the left hand when the finger got caught in the door of the cardboard baler equipment.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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