# Amputations at Walmart Supercenter
> OSHA SIR `20221210535` · 12/3/2022 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Supercenter
- **Location:** 9550 Mansfield Road, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71118
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was being trained to use a baler machine. The baler machine malfunctioned and the middle plate became stuck in an upward position. As the employee lowered the plate, it fell onto his right hand, amputating the index fingertip.

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