# Amputations at Railworks Track Service
> OSHA SIR `2016032588` · 3/28/2016 · MINOOKA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Railworks Track Service
- **Location:** 512 Twin Rail Drive, MINOOKA, ILLINOIS, 60447
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hand was on the edge of a gang box when a coworker closed the box on the employee's finger, partially amputating it.

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