Incident date: 2016-12-08
NAICS industry code: 482112

An employee was putting plates on a tie under a rail when the tamper head fell off the rail, causing the rail to fall on and amputate the employee's fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Rails-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high