# Cuts, lacerations at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2023021104` · 2/3/2023 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- **Location:** 3500 Washington, TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 423130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a blister out of a tire wall using a mill knife. The knife slipped and lacerated the employee in the leg, cutting an artery.

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