# Amputations at FreightCar America
> OSHA SIR `2018066168` · 6/21/2018 · CHEROKEE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Riveters-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** FreightCar America
- **Location:** 1200 Haley Drive, CHEROKEE, ALABAMA, 35616
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rivet gun when it cycled, pinching his fingertip between the wide internal chamber and the narrower neck of the nozzle opening. He suffered a finger amputation.

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