# Amputations at Costco Wholesale Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191111446` · 11/3/2019 · BRADENTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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 Corporation
- **Location:** 805 Lighthouse Dr., BRADENTON, FLORIDA, 34212
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mounting a tire on a tire changing machine. He was attempting to clean off debris from the automated duck head when his right index fingertip was pinched between the duck head and the wheel of the tire, resulting in a partial finger amputation. The duck head was in motion at the time of the incident.

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