# Amputations at Walmart
> OSHA SIR `2019054535` · 5/3/2019 · CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart
- **Location:** 2786 Commercial Blvd., CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, 54729
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually unfolding the chute (wing) on a fast loader machine (sorting conveyor), so boxes could be removed from a semi-trailer and sorted into individual department carts. The employee's left middle finger was pinched between a hinge and partially amputated.

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