Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, 1459 BESSEMER DR, EL PASO, TEXAS 79938
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a machine to add tread to a commercial tire casing. As the employee removed the spliced tread from the rollers, their left thumb contacted a retracted blade on the machine and they suffered a partial amputation to their left index fingertip.
AmputationFingertip(s)Machinery, unspecified
More severe injuries at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
On October 25, 2025, an employee was stringing up a new reel of tire tread on a machine. The employee pulled a 6-inch tail and proceeded to spool up the liner. As the machine was jogged to begin the liner wrapping process, the liner caught the employee's glove and pulled their right arm into the liner, causing a fracture to the arm.
At 2:45 p.m., an employee was outside the plant during a break before his next shift. He was speaking with an associate when he suddenly fell from the third-level steps to the ground, striking his head on the concrete. The employee was hospitalized due to internal brain bleeding, a wound to the back of his head requiring staples, and heat-related dehydration.
An employee was adjusting a misaligned ring on a tire balancing machine when the ring fell and caught their left thumb against the machine's housing. The employee sustained a fracture and partial amputation of the distal phalanx of the thumb.
An employee was moving an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) vehicle that was stuck. When part of it became free, the employee's left little finger was caught between the vehicle and a storage shelf. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip.
An employee was working with a nonpowered spool truck. The employee lifted the spool retaining arm and kneeled to adjust the liner. As she was standing up, the retaining arm fell and caught her right middle fingertip against the body of the roller. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 326212)
An employee was using a clamshell tilt table to maneuver a tire when their left ring finger was pinched by the table and later amputated. The employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was working at the trim station of a precured tread finishing line. While removing trim waste material from the tension roller beneath the line's conveyor, the employee was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a fracture to their right ulna.
An employee was putting air in a commercial roller tire when the lock ring blew off, and the rim struck him in the head. He sustained head and internal injuries.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.