Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Costco Wholesale Corporation
Start: 12/3/2024

1 amputation · 20241211154 · 12/3/2024 · Costco Wholesale Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
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: Material handling and warehousing machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Costco Wholesale Corporation
Location: 7320 Lisbon Rd, MORRIS, ILLINOIS, 60450
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unjamming a de-boxer machine that scores boxes to make them easy to open. The employee sustained a partial transphalangeal amputation to a finger.

Source

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