# Amputations at Ebenezer Railcar Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088626` · 8/20/2019 · WEST SENECA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
## Employer
- **Name:** Ebenezer Railcar Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 1005 Indian Church Road, WEST SENECA, NEW YORK, 14224
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting three links on a railcar's hand brake chain when his right-hand fingers were caught in the chain and pulled into the brake housing. He suffered partial amputations to the index and middle fingers.

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