# Amputations at Azcon Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032572` · 3/19/2020 · ALTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Azcon Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 121 Chessen Lane, ALTON, ILLINOIS, 62002
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was coupling railcars near the melt shop. The employee's right foot was crushed between railcar couplers and toes were amputated by the steel toe of their boot. The employee was hospitalized and their leg was medically amputated from the knee down.

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