# Fractures at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2017021100` · 2/3/2017 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- **Location:** 922 E Meighan Blvd, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35903
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running rubber through a refiner when his left hand was caught between a belt and the end roller, breaking four fingers and his wrist. The belt and roller were unguarded at the time.

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