# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Costco Wholesale Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025087867` · 8/9/2025 · WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT
## 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  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Costco Wholesale Corporation
- **Location:** 3600 East Main Street, WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06705
- **NAICS:** 452311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting pork ribs using a vertical band saw. The saw blade amputated the tip of his right middle finger.

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