# Amputations at RailServe
> OSHA SIR `2020010171` · 1/7/2020 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Rails-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** RailServe
- **Location:** 1691 Phenix Blvd, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30349
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a new rail and bracing himself on a railcar when the suspended rail struck his left middle finger, resulting in an amputation above the first knuckle.

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