# Amputations at Walmart Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2015085790` · 8/14/2015 · CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Distribution Center
- **Location:** 3300 Sterlin Hurley Ind Hwy, CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72830
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 13, 2015, at about 5:30 p.m., an employee was operating a center rider (forklift) to pick up a pallet with his left hand outside of the forklift. He smashed his left-hand little finger against a bollard pole at the warehouse. His fingertip was surgically amputated.

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