# Cuts, lacerations at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098822` · 9/17/2016 · ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 1521 Granada Blvd, ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA, 32174
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the cutting wheel from the impact buffer when the impact buffer engaged, cutting his left index finger's tendon below the knuckle. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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