# Fractures at COSTCO Wholesale
> OSHA SIR `2019099619` · 9/14/2019 · STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** COSTCO Wholesale
- **Location:** 2975 Richmond Ave, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10314
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat with a meat saw when the employee's left hand contacted the sawblade, sustaining a cut, broken bone, and severed tendon.

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