# Amputations at Walmart Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2021010408` · 1/15/2021 · RAYMOND, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Tractor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Distribution Center
- **Location:** 42 Freentown Rd, RAYMOND, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03077
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a brake chamber from a tractor. The spring released the pressure and his finger was crushed between the brake chamber and the axle housing. The employee sustained a fracture and a partial amputation of the fingertip.

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