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Amputations

1 amputation · 2022021062 · 2/3/2022 · The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Location
1459 BESSEMER DR, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79938
NAICS
326212
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a machine to add tread to a commercial tire casing. As the employee removed the spliced tread from the rollers, their left thumb contacted a retracted blade on the machine and they suffered a partial amputation to their left index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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