# Amputations at Railworks Track Systems Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017065024` · 6/2/2017 · CLUTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Railworks Track Systems Inc
- **Location:** 5602 TX-332, CLUTE, TEXAS, 77531
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on railroad switches and a pressure-actuated rail greaser. He was attempting to reinstall the connecting bar for the greaser. When he picked up the bar from the middle joint, the joint straightened and amputated his left middle finger distal tip.

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