STERLING, ILLINOIS—
Azcon Metals, Inc.
Non-passenger struck by rail vehicle · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Azcon Metals, Inc., 101 Avenue K, STERLING, ILLINOIS 61081 on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was uncoupling railcars while the cars were in motion and a car ran over her left lower leg, resulting in crush injuries and amputation below the knee. The employee was hospitalized.
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—
Azcon Metals, Inc.
An employee was lining up rail cars using the remote control for a locomotive. One of the rail cars moved and pinched the employee between the couplers of two rail cars. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to the right hip.
ALTON, ILLINOIS—
Azcon Metals, Inc.
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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