Incident date: 2017-10-16
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was attempting to align railcar couplers when his left thumb was caught and partially amputated (60 percent) between the couplers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident
code_source: title: Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high