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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021097624 · 9/4/2021 · Costco Wholesale

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Banding, baling, strapping machinery

Employer

Name
Costco Wholesale
Location
3800 North Central Expressway, PLANO, TEXAS, 75074
NAICS
452311
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was loading cardboard boxes onto a bailer. When the employee closed the bailer's gate, the bailer caught the tip of the employee's finger. The fingertip was amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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