# Amputations involving bone loss at Azcon Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025011029` · 1/31/2025 · STERLING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Non-passenger struck by rail vehicle
- **Source:** Heavy rail vehicles  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Azcon Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 101 Avenue K, STERLING, ILLINOIS, 61081
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was uncoupling railcars while the cars were in motion and a car ran over her left lower leg, resulting in crush injuries and amputation below the knee. The employee was hospitalized.

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