# Amputations at Costco Wholesale
> OSHA SIR `2020087784` · 8/17/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Costco Wholesale
- **Location:** 1150 Bunker Hill Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77055
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting lamb with a meat bandsaw. The saw amputated his right thumb tip, just past the fingernail.

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