# Amputations involving bone loss at Costco Wholesale
> OSHA SIR `2024076325` · 7/12/2024 · OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Meat grinders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Costco Wholesale
- **Location:** 12221 Blue Valley Parkway, OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, 66213
- **NAICS:** 452311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting a meat grinder. The grinder activated while his left hand was still inside it, resulting in an amputation to his left index finger at the second knuckle.

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