Incident date: 2020-06-15
NAICS industry code: 336510

An employee was working the hand brake to stop a railcar. The hand brake jammed causing the railcar to bump into a shop truck that was on the same line. The employee's right hand got caught between the railcar and the shop truck, causing the amputation of the index finger, middle finger, and thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Rail vehicle collision, unspecified
code_source: title: Rail vehicle, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high