# Amputations at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2021043232` · 4/19/2021 · WEST SENECA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- **Location:** 54 Ransier Drive, WEST SENECA, NEW YORK, 14224
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting down from the back of a scrap tire trailer. The employee grabbed the mast of a forklift just as the mast was engaged; the employee's finger was caught between the mast's telescoping sections. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.

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