# Amputations at Metro East Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109923` · 10/16/2017 · ALORTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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.

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