# Amputations at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017010789` · 1/25/2017 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
- **Location:** 2000 NW HIGHWAY 24, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66601
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee engaged in bead building activities had their right ring fingertip amputated when it was caught in a pinch point on the bead wire spool.

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