# Amputations at MICHELIN TIRE
> OSHA SIR `2015052665` · 5/6/2015 · ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MICHELIN TIRE
- **Location:** 1101 MICHELIN ROAD, ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, 73401
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting radial ring maintenance on a tire-building machine. When the employee reached in to remove the ring, the ring moved and amputated the three middle fingers on his right hand.

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