# Avulsions, enucleations at Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022108694` · 10/3/2022 · WHITE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc.
- **Location:** 3660 Highway 411 NE, WHITE, GEORGIA, 30184
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 3, 2022, an employee was near a tire-building machine's robot ply strip hand, a suction unit that moves from side to side. The robot moved and struck the employee's nose, causing an avulsion. The machine was guarded at the time.

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