# Amputations at Sams Club
> OSHA SIR `2016065806` · 6/28/2016 · O FALLON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Sams Club
- **Location:** 1350 W. US Highway 50, O FALLON, ILLINOIS, 62269
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 11:34 a.m., an employee was working with an electric pallet jack while another receiving associate had a forklift. When the employee went to move the electric pallet jack, the handle was turned in such a way that when it moved, it moved backwards and smashed her left-hand pinky into the forklift battery. Her pinky fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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