Amsted Rail Company, Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — KANSAS CITY, KANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Amsted Rail Company, Inc. in KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
Employer Amsted Rail Company, Inc. Report ID 2018099820
Address 7111 Griffin Rd. City, State ZIP KANSAS CITY, KANSAS 66111
Event Date September 21, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Wrist(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Dies, molds, patterns
Secondary Source Clamps, couplings
Industry (NAICS) 336510 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 39.08000, -94.74000

Incident Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of steel from the top of a mold. The employee's wrist was caught/pinched between the mold and the mold clamp.

Incident Summary

On September 21, 2018, a worker at Amsted Rail Company, Inc. in KANSAS CITY, KANSAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the wrist(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with dies, molds, patterns identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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