# Amputations at Katoen Natie Gulf Coast Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010145` · 1/6/2022 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## 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:** Katoen Natie Gulf Coast Inc.
- **Location:** 1919 FM 565 Rd, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 8:40 p.m., two employees (a groundsman and a switchman) were working in a rail yard, setting rail cars to be released from the site. The groundsman was watching the switchman connect an end-of-train device on the string of rail cars. While he was on the adjacent track, a locomotive on that track moved forward and struck him, knocking him over, injuring his right foot, and amputating his left leg above the knee.

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