# Amputations at Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
> OSHA SIR `20181111823` · 11/16/2018 · CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
- **Location:** 2205 Martin Luther King Blvd., CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI, 38614
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove rubber from a mixer door when his left arm entered the mixer, resulting in a left middle finger amputation and crushed left ring finger.

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