Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Middletown Works
Start: 8/13/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025088048 · 8/13/2025 · Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Middletown Works

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Chutes
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Middletown Works
Location: 1801 Crawford Street, MIDDLETOWN, OHIO, 45044
NAICS: 332111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a blocked scrap chute with a spud bar. The piece of stuck scrap came free and fell toward the employee and lacerating the employee's left hand between the thumb and the index finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown