# Amputations at The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2022098024` · 9/10/2022 · LAWTON, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
- **Location:** 1 SW Goodyear Blvd, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, 73505
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a machine to cut overlay for tires into smaller pieces. The employee was adjusting a strip of overlay when their left thumb was caught between the strip and a rotating bar. The thumb tip was amputated.

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