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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — TOPEKA, KANSAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. in TOPEKA, KANSAS
Employer Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Report ID 2023010758
Address 2000 NW HIGHWAY 24 City, State ZIP TOPEKA, KANSAS 66618
Event Date January 24, 2023 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Special process machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 326211 Inspection # 1646022
GPS Coordinates 39.09000, -95.69000

Incident Narrative

An employee was performing training tasks on the bead unit. A bead wire began to wrap around the drum so the trainer cut the wire and reclosed the interlocked gate. The injured employee/trainee then went to clear the wire that was hanging from the drum and had their finger pinched between two of the chucks, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On January 24, 2023, a worker at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. in TOPEKA, KANSAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with special process machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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