# Fractures at COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2015085612` · 8/10/2015 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Tires, inner tubes, wheels, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
- **Location:** 3500 EAST WASHINGTON ROAD, TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A bladder assembly fell approximately 1 foot off the tip of a forklift and pinned an employee's left hand between the assembly and the press frame. The employee was hospitalized overnight for broken bones in the left hand.

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