# Amputations at Walmart
> OSHA SIR `2020076260` · 7/5/2020 · WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart
- **Location:** 30 Trinity Pointe Drive, WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15301
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to throw away cardboard after stocking shelves when she suffered an amputation injury to her left index finger when it was caught between two stock shelving carts.

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