Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Costco Wholesale, 16261 South Blvd Pl, PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS 60586
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was pulling a piece of meat out of a meat grinder when they suffered lacerations to their right index finger.
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An employee was gathering shopping carts in front of the building when a truck drove by and the truck's trailer ran over her left foot. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to a metatarsal and a toe.
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