Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Walmart Distribution Center
Start: 4/17/2025

1 amputation · 2025043597 · 4/17/2025 · Walmart Distribution Center

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: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Conveyors unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Walmart Distribution Center
Location: 20131 Gene Campbell Rd., NEW CANEY, TEXAS, 77357
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing housekeeping duties when she noticed a pallet stuck on conveyor rollers. She went to adjust the pallet when her left little finger became stuck between the pallet and the curbing of the conveyor, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

Source

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