Incident date: 2023-03-13
NAICS industry code: 423930

On March 13, 2023, an employee was attempting to align the couplers while switching rail cars when their right thumb was pinched between the couplers. The employee sustained a partial amputation/soft tissue damage to the right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high