# Amputations at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015098135` · 9/23/2015 · CENTERVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 6244 Wilmington Pike, CENTERVILLE, OHIO, 45459
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee scratched her right leg at work on September 23, 2015.  The scratch became infected and the leg was later amputated.

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