# Amputations at Walmart Supercenter
> OSHA SIR `2021075601` · 7/8/2021 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Supercenter
- **Location:** 23106 US Highway 19 North, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33765
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a paper cutter and amputated the tip of their left thumb.

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