Incident date: 2025-08-12
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was lowering a rail jack after railroad switch ties had been installed. The lining bar shot up, catching her gloved left thumb against the jack. The thumb tip was amputated above the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object handled by person  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Jacks
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high