Amputations

Name: Amputations at Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Start: 1/26/2019

1 amputation · 2019010953 · 1/26/2019 · Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Location: 1804 South Green Street, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38804
NAICS: 326211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was towing empty storage racks with a tug. The employee stopped the tug and was adjusting the racks when the tip of his left thumb was pinched and amputated between the racks.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown