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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2024010459 · 1/17/2024 · Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Machinery unspecified
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Inc.
Location
1804 SOUTH GREEN STREET, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38804
NAICS
326211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A forced variation machine's locking mechanism jammed and failed to cycle. An employee's left index fingertip was caught between the machine's upper lock mechanism and a tire rim. The fingertip was amputated at the nail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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