# Amputations at GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20221110229` · 11/21/2022 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY
- **Location:** 2000 NW HIGHWAY 24, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66601
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 8:40 AM on November 21, 2022, an associate was building a 51-inch bladder and removing spacer bolts by raising the lock ring top with a prybar. The prybar slipped out from its position, causing the lock ring top to land on the tip of the associate s left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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