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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024021253 · 2/9/2024 · The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Other special process machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Location
2000 NW US HIGHWAY 24, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66601
NAICS
423130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was making beads on a machine when the center bead wire did not seat properly in the machine. The bead wire struck the employee's left hand, resulting in an open displaced fracture of the middle phalanx of the ring finger that required surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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