# Amputations at COSTCO WHOLESALE
> OSHA SIR `2018065678` · 6/11/2018 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** COSTCO WHOLESALE
- **Location:** 8712 West Linebaugh Ave, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33625
- **NAICS:** 425120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a tire using the tire machine and sustained a left pinky finger amputation at the base of the nail bed while removing the tire from the rim.

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