# Amputations at Sams Club
> OSHA SIR `2016098625` · 9/12/2016 · LENEXA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Battery-vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Sams Club
- **Location:** 12200 W 95th St, LENEXA, KANSAS, 66215
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker place a forklift battery into a forklift when the battery fell over on its side and smashed two of the employee's left-hand fingers (3rd and 4th finger) between the battery and the concrete floor.

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