Incident date: 2016-08-30
NAICS industry code: 336510

An employee was leveling the railcar prior to setting, positioning, and tack welding the roof onto the railcar when he injured his left thumb that required surgical repair. The injury resulted in a partial fingertip amputation with exposed tip of the distal phalanx.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high