# Amputations at Progress Rail Servicess
> OSHA SIR `2015063462` · 6/6/2015 · PUEBLO, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Rails-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Progress Rail Servicess
- **Location:** 2621 LIME ROAD, PUEBLO, COLORADO, 81006
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees in the rail welding area were backing up a conveyor to remove an overload caused by too many pieces of curved strands. The injured employee's hand got caught between two sections of rail, amputating some of the flesh on the right ring finger. There was no bone loss.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*