# Amputations at Walmart Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `20231211449` · 12/17/2023 · LOVELAND, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Distribution Center
- **Location:** 7500 E Crossroads Blvd, LOVELAND, COLORADO, 80538
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retracting an extendable trailer unloader when their right index fingertip was pinched between a step stool and the trailer unloader, resulting in amputation.

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