OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221378672

BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLC

LA VERGNE, TN· 2021-07-11T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Extrude, Extrusion, Extrusion Machine, Finger, Glove, Hand, Hopper, Instantaneous amputation, Loading, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Pinch Point, Pinched, Production Line, Pulled In, Rubber, Tire, Tire Bead, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 326211
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345452494
Employer profile: BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLC
Summary number: 221378672
Report ID: 0454712

Event description

Employee amputates two fingers when pulled into rubber extru

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on July 11, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a tire manufacturer was loading rubber into a hopper so the pull roll bar would grab the rubber. The rubber is then moved into the extruder machine in order to start producing the rubber material to make the beads for tires. After the employee rolled up the rubber and fed it into the hopper, her glove caught on the rubber and pulled her right hand into the pull roll bar. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for amputated index and middle fingers.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 46 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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