Amputations

Name: Amputations at Ebenezer Railcar Services, Inc.
Start: 8/20/2019

1 amputation · 2019088626 · 8/20/2019 · Ebenezer Railcar Services, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive

Employer

Name: Ebenezer Railcar Services, Inc.
Location: 1005 Indian Church Road, WEST SENECA, NEW YORK, 14224
NAICS: 488210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was painting three links on a railcar's hand brake chain when his right-hand fingers were caught in the chain and pulled into the brake housing. He suffered partial amputations to the index and middle fingers.

Source

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