Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Costco Wholesale
Start: 4/16/2024

1 amputation · 2024043331 · 4/16/2024 · Costco Wholesale

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Butchering machinery
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Costco Wholesale
Location: 16690 Royalton Rd., STRONGSVILLE, OHIO, 44136
NAICS: 452311
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was training to be a meat cutter. As they were learning to cut meat on a band saw, the saw blade contacted his right hand after it slipped on the meat, resulting in partial fingertip amputations of the index and middle fingers.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown