Walmart

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment — Amputations — WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Walmart in WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI
Employer Walmart Report ID 2021010245
Address 1971 Wentzville Pkwy City, State ZIP WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI 63385
Event Date January 10, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment Source of Injury Food slicers
Industry (NAICS) 452112 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 38.81000, -90.87000

Incident Narrative

An employee was fixing meat in a meat slicer. The slicer amputated her fingertip.

Incident Summary

On January 10, 2021, a worker at Walmart in WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as struck against moving part of machinery or equipment, with food slicers identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 2,235 severe injury reports involving "Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment injuries.

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