# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Costco Wholesale
> OSHA SIR `2024098302` · 9/6/2024 · WAYNE, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing 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 operating a muffin depositor. While cleaning the metal frame of the piston, his right index fingertip was partially amputated.

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