# Amputations at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2019099269` · 9/6/2019 · LAWTON, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
- **Location:** 1 S.W. Goodyear Blvd, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, 73505
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a grinding machine (for tire manufacturing). The employee's hand was caught between rims on the machine, suffering finger amputation injuries.

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