# Amputations at Cooper Tire & Rubber
> OSHA SIR `2016098770` · 9/15/2016 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel hoists
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Tire & Rubber
- **Location:** 3500 Washington, TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 423130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing left bottom roll belts from a pin at the DR machine. The end of the employee's finger was then caught between the pin and a horizontal brace on a hoist.

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