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Walmart Stores, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — BUFORD, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Walmart Stores, Inc. in BUFORD, GEORGIA
Employer Walmart Stores, Inc. Report ID 2015107701
Address 3795 Buford Drive City, State ZIP BUFORD, GEORGIA 30519
Event Date October 15, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Cabinets, cases-display, storage
Industry (NAICS) 445110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 34.08000, -83.99000

Incident Narrative

An employee was accessing a safe in the cash office to get deposits. While closing the door to the safe, his finger got caught, amputating his left index fingertip near the first knuckle.

Incident Summary

On October 15, 2015, a worker at Walmart Stores, Inc. in BUFORD, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with cabinets, cases-display, storage identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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