# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Michelin North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043488` · 4/14/2025 · ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Michelin North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 1101 Michelin Rd, ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, 73401
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing rubber that was jammed on an applicator of a tire assembly machine. As the jam was removed, the machine cycled and the employee's right hand became caught against the heated anvil on the machine, resulting in a full-thickness burn to their palm and wrist that required hospitalization and surgery.

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