# Amputations at Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2015074824` · 7/19/2015 · FINDLAY, OHIO
## 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:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
- **Location:** 701 Lima Avenue, FINDLAY, OHIO, 45840
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 19, 2015, an employee was changing a bladder on an E5 tire press. While changing it, the rubber began to tear. He tried to grab the bottom ring on the bladder, and his right middle finger was partially amputated between the ring and the press.

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