# Amputations at Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2017087864` · 8/16/2017 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
- **Location:** 3500 E Washington Rd, TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an electric-powered forklift. He turned to back up while his hand was resting on the outside of the vehicle. His right ring finger was then smashed between the frame of the vehicle and an adjacent steel rack, amputating his fingertip.

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