# Amputations at Walmart Supercenter
> OSHA SIR `2023109070` · 10/1/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cabinets, cases-display, storage
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Supercenter
- **Location:** 2700 S Kirkwood, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77077
- **NAICS:** 452311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing the door of a safe when her right thumb was caught between the door of the safe and the safe wall resulting in an amputation to the thumb.

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