# Amputations at Railserve, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032749` · 3/15/2019 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Rails-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Railserve, Inc.
- **Location:** 1401 N. Mosley, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67214
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was part of a crew conducting maintenance on a rail siding. The jack holding the rail fell, and the tip of the employee's left middle finger was caught between a tie plate and the underside of the rail. The fingertip was amputated.

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