# Amputations at WALMART-STORE #839
> OSHA SIR `2020010075` · 1/3/2020 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WALMART-STORE #839
- **Location:** 9350 CORTANA PLACE, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70815
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reattaching a customer's tire to the rim using a tire mounting machine. His right little finger was caught between the rim and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

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