# Amputations involving bone loss at Walmart Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109978` · 10/28/2024 · SPRINGHILL, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Inc.
- **Location:** 1920 South Arkansas Street, SPRINGHILL, LOUISIANA, 71075
- **NAICS:** 452311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a top stock cart for stocking when their left ring finger was caught in the metal rail on the side of the cart. The employee was hospitalized and their left ring finger was amputated.

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