# Amputations at Specialty Tires of America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210816` · 12/13/2022 · INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Specialty Tires of America, Inc.
- **Location:** 1600 Washington Street, INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15701
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the stacking height of a curing bladder assembly in the open mold of a curing press. When the bolts on the closing clamp were loosened, the 60-pound assembly dropped and caught the employee's finger against the cylinder head. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

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