# Amputations involving bone loss at Continental Tire
> OSHA SIR `2024054113` · 5/9/2024 · CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Continental Tire
- **Location:** 3000 Continental Parkway, CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39056
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a press machine when the machine started and the press roll contacted the employee's right thumb, resulting in an amputation.

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