# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Costco Wholesale
> OSHA SIR `2024010265` · 1/11/2024 · WAYNE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Other special process machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Costco Wholesale
- **Location:** 149 State Route 23, WAYNE, NEW JERSEY, 07470
- **NAICS:** 452311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a tire changer to put a tire on a rim when his finger was pinched, resulting in an amputation to the fingertip.

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