# Amputations at Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021109155` · 10/23/2021 · WEST POINT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Yokohama Blvd., WEST POINT, MISSISSIPPI, 39773
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 23, 2021, at 2:40 a.m., an employee's left index finger was caught between a dye holder and a bottom wedge, resulting in amputation at the first joint.

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