# Amputations at Walmart, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021086451` · 8/2/2021 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart, Inc.
- **Location:** Sam's Club, Store #6342, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74133
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat with a bandsaw when the machine got stuck. As he was turning off the machine, the blade amputated his left thumb at the first knuckle.

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