# Avulsions, enucleations at COSTCO WHOLESALE
> OSHA SIR `2023054270` · 5/12/2023 · STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** COSTCO WHOLESALE
- **Location:** 2975 RICHMOND AVENUE, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10314
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving an electric pallet jack toward the receiving department when the vehicle drove over a piece of cardboard. The vehicle then struck a pallet of wine and the employee's foot was wedged between the pallet and the electric pallet jack. The employee sustained a partial right heel avulsion.

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