# Amputations at Mervis Industries Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2023032280` · 3/13/2023 · DANVILLE, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mervis Industries Incorporated
- **Location:** 2313 Cannon St, DANVILLE, ILLINOIS, 61832
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 13, 2023, an employee was attempting to align the couplers while switching rail cars when their right thumb was pinched between the couplers. The employee sustained a partial amputation/soft tissue damage to the right thumb.

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