# Amputations at Walmart Distribution Center #6069
> OSHA SIR `2023021790` · 2/25/2023 · SAINT JAMES, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Other material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Distribution Center #6069
- **Location:** 1100 Matlock Drive, SAINT JAMES, MISSOURI, 65559
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on an automated pallet freight machine when the photo eye/reflector was activated, causing stored energy to release and the machine to move. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

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