# Amputations at Walmart
> OSHA SIR `20191212421` · 12/3/2019 · KENTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart
- **Location:** 1241 E Columbus St., KENTON, OHIO, 43326
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a partial finger amputation while lifting a pallet on the sales floor.

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