# Amputations at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Houston Chemical Plant
> OSHA SIR `2023010485` · 1/16/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Goodyear Tire & Rubber Houston Chemical Plant
- **Location:** 2000 Goodyear Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77017
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a relief valve that was on a pallet to prepare it for shipment. As the employee manually rotated the valve, it pinned his left ring finger against another valve that was adjacent to the valve that rotated. The employee sustained a left ring finger amputation.

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