TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS·2017-08-16

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Amputations

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, 3500 E Washington Rd, TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS 71854 on 2017-08-16, Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

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Final narrative

An employee was operating an electric-powered forklift. He turned to back up while his hand was resting on the outside of the vehicle. His right ring finger was then smashed between the frame of the vehicle and an adjacent steel rack, amputating his fingertip.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

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Nov 12, 2022 TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI · Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Feb 15, 2022 TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS · Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified Sep 27, 2021 TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS · Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. Mar 6, 2021 TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI · Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Nov 14, 2019 TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI · Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified

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