Incident date: 2025-03-08
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was working to couple two railcars together, holding the lever with one hand and the coupler with the other hand. The locomotive then backed up and his left arm got caught in the coupler, resulting in a broken arm and a broken little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Non-passenger struck by rail vehicle
code_source: title: Rail vehicle  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate