# Amputations at Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2018010401` · 1/12/2018 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
- **Location:** 3500 E Washington Rd, TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was verifying that a tire balancer machine was calibrated when his fingertip was caught and smashed between the machine's contracting panels. His fingertip was amputated.

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