# Amputations at Walmart
> OSHA SIR `2015064127` · 6/27/2015 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart
- **Location:** 1501 Skyland Blvd., TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35405
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left pinky finger was amputated while working with the baler machine.

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