# Amputations at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2019099125` · 9/3/2019 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
- **Location:** 922 E Meighan Boulevard, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35903
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling a 600-pound spool of rubber into position when the spool shifted and the employee's left pinky finger was caught between the spool and an I-beam causing a fingertip amputation.

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