Incident date: 2020-01-07
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was installing a new rail and bracing himself on a railcar when the suspended rail struck his left middle finger, resulting in an amputation above the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Rails-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high