Incident date: 2024-06-29
NAICS industry code: 311211

An employee was in the beginning stage of loading a bulk railcar. They were attaching the loading hose to the loading hatch. As they aligned the loading hose to the hatch, their ring finger was pinched in the connection point. The fingertip was amputated, but was later reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Heavy rail vehicles  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high