# Amputations at O'Neil Transportation
> OSHA SIR `20161110476` · 11/7/2016 · TAYLORSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** O'Neil Transportation
- **Location:** 317 Covered Bridge Rd, TAYLORSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30178
- **NAICS:** 423860
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing roller bearing adapters on a railcar when the jack moved, causing the side frame to move. When the jack moved, the employee's right hand was partially between the adapter and the side frame, compressing his right middle and ring fingers and amputating the first joint of his index finger.

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