# Crushing injuries at Walmart, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021032061` · 3/8/2021 · BONNER SPRINGS, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cabinets, cases-display, storage
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart, Inc.
- **Location:** 12801 Kansas Avenue, BONNER SPRINGS, KANSAS, 66012
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were moving a pallet when an unassembled entertainment center fell from the pallet and crushed one employee's right thumb. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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