Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Costco Wholesale
Start: 10/3/2024

1 amputation · 2024109232 · 10/3/2024 · 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: Other special process machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Costco Wholesale
Location: 1420 Black Avenue, EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, 54703
NAICS: 452311
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On October 3, 2024, at approximately 12:30 AM, a tire installer was replacing automotive tires on a passenger vehicle using a rim clamp tire changer when his left index fingertip was caught between the tire/rim and the clamp, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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