A Dallas Walmart Worker Suffers an Amputation Injury
There are many hazards connected to warehouse work and other matters associated with big box stores. In November of 2021, a Walmart employee suffered a severe injury and amputation while in the workplace. Walmart is like the other big box stores Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Amazon in that none are likely subscribers to the Texas workers comp program.
At Walmart 3015 at 2827 S Buckner Blvd., Dallas Texas 76227, a worker was allegedly injured seriously on November 8, 2021. The company’s NAICS code is 445110, and the company is in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) industry. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released details about this injury recently. It was a “caught-in or compressed by equipment or objects” category of injury. The nature of the injury was an amputation.
The OSHA summary of what happened that resulted in the Texas amputation injury conveys the following:
- On November 8, 2021, an employee was baling boxes when he suffered a serious injury. The index plate on the cardboard baler machine fell, and it crushed the employee’s right index finger. The injury he suffered included a partial amputation, for which he was hospitalized.
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