Costco

An employee was leaving a gas station hut. Their left little finger was caught in a door hinge and the tip was amputated.

An employee was using a ladder to hang up a sign when she lost balance and fell to the ground in the warehouse. She sustained fractures to the face and wrist.

An employee was placing items on a shelf. When she turned around, she fell over a cart that was placed in front of her. The employee hit her left arm on the cart, resulting in a fracture.

An employee's pant leg was caught by a forklift tire and pulled. The employee's left ankle was broken.

An employee was stocking shelves, tripped over a pallet, and fell onto a case of wine bottles. The employee suffered fractured ribs and a punctured left lung.

On August 22, 2022, an employee began experiencing neck and right shoulder pain during her shift after performing job-related tasks such as repetitive lifting. She was hospitalized for a right shoulder sprain and a pinched nerve.

An employee was working in the back room putting boxes on carts to stock the store. He suffered a heart attack.

An employee was manually lifting cases of beer from a rolling cart and stacking them in a storage room. The employee felt ill, experienced chest pain, and then passed out and struck his head.

An employee was bagging groceries. The employee suffered a strained shoulder while lifting products off the register.

An employee had been stacking boxes and started having chest pains. The employee was hospitalized and had cardiac related surgery.

An employee was walking across a sales floor. The employee and a customer collided at a corner; the employee fell and broke their right kneecap on the floor. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) when it struck a steel rack and he fell from the PIT to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left leg and required surgery.

An employee was standing on a ladder, using a stick to push a blanket to unblock a tunnel. The ladder started to shake and the employee fell from the ladder, landing on his back on the concrete floor. He sustained a fracture to his lower back, pelvis fractures, and a concussion.

An employee was unloading merchandise from a trailer using a pallet jack when he became caught between the pallet and the rolling tracks of the pallet jack. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured bone in his leg and required surgery.

On May 3, 2025, an employee was getting an item from the freezer when she tripped on a pallet that was behind her and fell, striking the ground. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the lower right side of her body and muscle spasms.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.