# Amputations at FreightCar America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015021385` · 2/13/2015 · CHEROKEE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** FreightCar America, Inc.
- **Location:** 1200 Haley Drive, CHEROKEE, ALABAMA, 35616
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using an overhead crane to lift a rail car. While rigging the chains to the rail car, the hook caught a grab iron, amputating three fingers on the employee's left hand.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*