# Amputations at Michelin North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021108520` · 10/2/2021 · ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ropes, ties, chains, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Michelin North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 1101 MICHELIN ROAD, ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, 73401
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the tire building machine at the first stage of the cycle. The employee was holding a wire bead rope material utilized in the manufacturing process. The material became caught in the machine and pulled the employee's left hand into the machine while his foot was stuck in the operation pedal. The employee suffered amputation of the left middle finger at the middle knuckle and a left ankle dislocation with a fracture.

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