Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Railserve, Inc., 6400 s. Archer Avenue, BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS 60501
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to fix a switch point that was gaping. His hand was between the switch point and the stock rail when the train moved away and the switch point snapped shut, catching and amputated his index and middle fingers.
An employee was part of a crew conducting maintenance on a rail siding. The jack holding the rail fell, and the tip of the employee's left middle finger was caught between a tie plate and the underside of the rail. The fingertip was amputated.
On January 23, 2018, at 4 p.m., an employee was switching railcars and walking beside a train when he tripped and fell. His right arm was then amputated by the train wheel.
An employee was lifting a power assembly out of a locomotive when the assembly slipped. He reached for it, and his left hand got caught between the assembly and the locomotive engine. The top of his left pinky finger was amputated.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 482112)
An employee was ascending a hopper car. As he neared the top of the car, he grabbed the hand hold on a running board. The running board shifted, causing the employee to fall to the concrete shop floor. He sustained a fractured left hand and dislocated fingers.
On July 15, 2024, an employee was climbing the fixed side ladder of a railcar while performing a visual inspection when they missed a grab bar on the ladder, falling to the ground and suffering a fractured right femur.
An employee was removing a forklift from a trailer when the lift fell sideways onto the ground and pinned his right leg underneath it. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula and other injury to his lower right leg that caused an amputation below the knee.
An employee was training during a locomotive inspection. As he was observing two other employees, he slipped on ice and uneven ground and fell, resulting in a fracture to the tibia/fibula at the ankle. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.