# Amputations at Costco Wholesale
> OSHA SIR `2019099085` · 9/1/2019 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Costco Wholesale
- **Location:** 9700 E Kellogg Ave, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67207
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a scissor lift when his little finger was caught and injured. The finger was medically amputated.

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