Incident date: 2019-08-20
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was painting three links on a railcar's hand brake chain when his right-hand fingers were caught in the chain and pulled into the brake housing. He suffered partial amputations to the index and middle fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high