Incident date: 2024-07-12
NAICS industry code: 336510

An employee was using a remote control to operate a rail car mover to attach and relocate a subway car when their left hand was crushed between the rail car mover and the subway coupler, resulting in an amputation to the left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
code_source: title: Other miscellaneous machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: high