# Amputations at Walmart Store #2225
> OSHA SIR `2023010156` · 1/6/2023 · NORTH SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Store #2225
- **Location:** 7 Dowling Village Blvd, NORTH SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND, 02896
- **NAICS:** 452210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a box open when the blade caused a partial amputation to their left thumb.

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