# Amputations at Materion Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2021087305` · 8/26/2021 · ELMORE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Materion Corp.
- **Location:** 14710 West Portage River South Road, ELMORE, OHIO, 43416
- **NAICS:** 331421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A hoisted metal cover, about 3 feet by 3 feet, fell off the hook of an overhead crane that had been used to lift it. It landed on the left hand of an employee who was cleaning under it, and he suffered fractures and a partial amputation (below the nail) to the left middle finger.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*