# Amputations at Bankhead Railway Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015063971` · 6/22/2015 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Bankhead Railway Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 1680 Marietta Road NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30318
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing an electrical flash butt welding machine while it was energized. The rail clamp engaged and crushed the employee's right middle and index fingers. The fingertips were surgically removed.

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