# Amputations at GBW Rail Car Services
> OSHA SIR `2015118948` · 11/25/2015 · CLEBURNE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Jacks
- **Secondary source:** Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
## Employer
- **Name:** GBW Rail Car Services
- **Location:** 101 Park Street, CLEBURNE, TEXAS, 76031
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was using a step jack to position a patch under a rail car when the jack slipped and amputated the tip of his left middle finger.

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