SAINT JAMES, MISSOURI·2023-02-25

Walmart Distribution Center #6069

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Walmart Distribution Center #6069, 1100 Matlock Drive, SAINT JAMES, MISSOURI 65559 on 2023-02-25, Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

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Final narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on an automated pallet freight machine when the photo eye/reflector was activated, causing stored energy to release and the machine to move. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

Hospitalized Amputation Fingertip(s) Other material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

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