# Amputations at Costco Wholesale Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015074688` · 7/15/2015 · SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Costco Wholesale Corporation
- **Location:** 221 S. Randall RD, SAINT CHARLES, ILLINOIS, 60174
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working from a pallet mounted on a forklift suffered a fingertip amputation when his finger was caught in the descending forklift mast.

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