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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 2025032210 · 3/7/2025 · Elmet Technologies (formerly H.C. Starck Solutions - Euclid)

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Elmet Technologies (formerly H.C. Starck Solutions - Euclid)
Location
21801 Tungsten Road, EUCLID, OHIO, 44117
NAICS
423990
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two employees were conducting a roll change on a rolling mill machine using a porter bar and a counterweight sleeve. The sleeve slid back and crushed the injured employee's right index fingertip between the sleeve and the counterweight, resulting in a partial amputation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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