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Amputations
1 amputation · 2017109923 · 10/16/2017 · Metro East Industries, 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
- Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident
- Source
- Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Metro East Industries, Inc.
- Location
- 3800 Missouri Ave, ALORTON, ILLINOIS, 62207
- NAICS
- 488210
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was attempting to align railcar couplers when his left thumb was caught and partially amputated (60 percent) between the couplers.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown