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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 amputation · 2016032521 · 3/24/2016 · TRANSCO RAILWAY PRODUCTS INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified

Employer

Name
TRANSCO RAILWAY PRODUCTS INC.
Location
901 N. LAKE, MILES CITY, MONTANA, 59301
NAICS
488210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a brake assembly by installing a pin into the manual brake lever, from the bottom side underneath the railcar, when a fellow employee performed a brake test. The employee's finger was caught in the manual brake assembly resulting in injury and possible amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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