# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Costco Wholesale
> OSHA SIR `2024109232` · 10/3/2024 · EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
## 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:** 1420 Black Avenue, EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, 54703
- **NAICS:** 452311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 3, 2024, at approximately 12:30 AM, a tire installer was replacing automotive tires on a passenger vehicle using a rim clamp tire changer when his left index fingertip was caught between the tire/rim and the clamp, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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