Incident date: 2025-04-11
NAICS industry code: 424510

Three employees were unloading fertilizer from rail cars. One of them was dislodging a hard chunk of material (potash) hanging down from under a car. When the piece broke free, it forced the employee's right hand against a grate, pinching the index finger. The employee was hospitalized and underwent a medical amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Garbage, recyclables, debris  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high