# Amputations at Materion Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022109073` · 10/17/2022 · ELMORE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lathes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Materion Corporation
- **Location:** 14710 West Portage River South Road, ELMORE, OHIO, 43416
- **NAICS:** 331421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 17, 2022, at approximately 4:00 a.m., an employee was using a hand tool to clean beryllium chips from a lathe's ventilation system. The hand tool became caught on the rotating lathe and struck the employee. The employee sustained a left middle finger amputation at the first knuckle.

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