Costco Wholesale Corporation

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

On June 5, 2025, an employee was pouring a bottle of antimicrobial produce wash when they inhaled the product and sustained irritation in their lungs and dizziness. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unjamming a de-boxer machine that scores boxes to make them easy to open. The employee sustained a partial transphalangeal amputation to a finger.

An employee was removing a meat loaf from the oven when they were splashed by hot grease. The employee was hospitalized for burns.

An employee was washing a board at the sink in the food service area. The employee stepped back, tripped over a raised drainage gate, and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured right femur.

An employee was stepping down off a 6-inch containment platform to finish loading his truck, when his right ankle rolled. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and fibula at the right ankle and required surgery.

An employee was picking items from the freezer section of the warehouse. When he stepped down onto the floor, he turned on the planted foot, and felt a "pop" and pain in his knee. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated knee and two torn tendons. He required surgery to repair the tendons.

An employee was walking on a trail in a national park and stepped onto an angled and flat slab of granite when her ankle rolled and her weight shifted, but she did not fall. She was hospitalized with a fractured tibia and fibula and a dislocated ankle.

An employee tore both quadriceps tendons while stepping down from a garage to a driveway. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was stepping down from stairs to a concrete floor and her left ankle buckled, resulting in a fracture that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was walking to take their break. As they walked from their locker to the entrance of the break lounge, they tripped over a pallet and fell to the ground, resulting in hospitalization due to a concussion.

An employee was working at a processing table and pivoted to place merchandise on a shelf. She tripped on the leg of the table and sustained fractures in her foot.

An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.

An employee was involved in a physical altercation with two temporary employees. The employee was hospitalized with facial injuries and required surgery.

An employee went to lift a carton and tripped on a different carton that was on the floor. She fell on the floor in the backroom and sustained a fractured right hip, and abrasions to her arm and knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.