# Amputations at Walmart Distribution Center 6080
> OSHA SIR `2015129812` · 12/30/2015 · TOBYHANNA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Distribution Center 6080
- **Location:** 100 Veterans Drive, TOBYHANNA, PENNSYLVANIA, 18466
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee A was filling a cardboard baler when Employee B turned on the baler.  The hydraulic drive door caught employee A's left arm and amputated it below the elbow.

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