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AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES

Slip without fall, n.e.c. — Amputations — PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES in PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS
Employer AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES Report ID 2015097149
Address 901 JONES ROAD City, State ZIP PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS 72450
Event Date September 28, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Slip without fall, n.e.c. Source of Injury Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
Secondary Source Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
Industry (NAICS) 336510 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 35.99000, -90.46000

Incident Narrative

An employee was manually pushing a center steel partition to align it in a railcar when his foot slipped. He reached up to the edge of the railcar to catch himself while the ram of the hydraulic radar pusher was coming down. The employee's middle and ring fingers on his right hand were caught in a pinch point, resulting in the amputation of his fingertips.

Incident Summary

On September 28, 2015, a worker at AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES in PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as slip without fall, n.e.c., with bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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