# Crushing injuries at COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.
> OSHA SIR `2016032107` · 3/9/2016 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.
- **Location:** 3500 WASHINGTON ST., TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a spacer from the curing press when a bolt that was holding up the support leg for another piece of equipment (platen) broke. The support leg fell on the employee's right middle finger, smashing it.

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