# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.
> OSHA SIR `2020066094` · 6/30/2020 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.
- **Location:** 3500 WASHINGTON ST., TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pry bar on a hot mold in a tire change press. His left pinky finger contacted the hot mold, resulting in a burn. He was hospitalized for an infection.

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