# Amputations at Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2015052523` · 5/2/2015 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
- **Location:** 3500 Washington Street, TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hand was caught underneath the interlocked door of a DR 2203 machine and the cutter that cuts the snow (e.g. nylon overwrap) amputated his right, middle finger just below the fingernail.

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