Amputations

Name: Amputations at Railserve, Inc.
Start: 4/15/2015

1 amputation · 2015042039 · 4/15/2015 · Railserve, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Engine parts and accessories, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Engine, engine block, motor-vehicle

Employer

Name: Railserve, Inc.
Location: 5495 June St., CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45217
NAICS: 488210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was lifting a power assembly out of a locomotive when the assembly slipped. He reached for it, and his left hand got caught between the assembly and the locomotive engine. The top of his left pinky finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown