# Amputations at Savage Services
> OSHA SIR `2021032014` · 3/7/2021 · WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from and struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Savage Services
- **Location:** 2201 Old Spanish Trail, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding on the end platform of a tank railcar. As the railcar came to a stop, the employee fell off the platform to the ground. The railcar wheels ran over his forearm as he fell. The forearm was medically amputated.

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