# Amputations at Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098287` · 9/8/2023 · TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC
- **Location:** 10 Sheridan Drive, TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14150
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building tires on a machine when his right hand was caught between the shell and hub of the bladderless bead rings. The employee sustained amputations to their index finger and middle fingertip.

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