# Amputations at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Houston Chemical Plant
> OSHA SIR `2022109332` · 10/24/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Goodyear Tire & Rubber Houston Chemical Plant
- **Location:** 2000 GOODYEAR DR, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77017
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a bolster. As the employee was checking the bolster's height, it jumped due to pressure on the chain. The employee's left middle finger was caught in a hole and the fingertip was amputated.

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