# Amputations at Walmart Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022042975` · 4/4/2022 · KEYSER, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Inc.
- **Location:** WALMART - STORE #2474, KEYSER, WEST VIRGINIA, 26726
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in an oil change pit doing an oil change on a vehicle but he was unable to reach the oil filter. The vehicle was then moved into a different position. When the employee reached up for the oil filter his hand was caught in a belt and drawn up into the fan of the vehicle. The employee's little finger was amputated and their ring finger was partially amputated.

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