# Amputations at Sam's Club #6259
> OSHA SIR `2020065118` · 6/2/2020 · ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Sam's Club #6259
- **Location:** 130 Sundance Pkwy, ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, 78681
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to dislodge a mattress that was stuck on a wooden pallet. The forklift that had loaded the mattress moved to the side, freeing it and causing it to pinch the employee's ring finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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