# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at TRANSCO RAILWAY PRODUCTS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016032521` · 3/24/2016 · MILES CITY, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TRANSCO RAILWAY PRODUCTS INC.
- **Location:** 901 N. LAKE, MILES CITY, MONTANA, 59301
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a brake assembly by installing a pin into the manual brake lever, from the bottom side underneath the railcar, when a fellow employee performed a brake test. The employee's finger was caught in the manual brake assembly resulting in injury and possible amputation.

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