# Cuts, lacerations at Howmet Aerospace
> OSHA SIR `2022119867` · 11/9/2022 · NILES, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Howmet Aerospace
- **Location:** 1000 Warren Ave, NILES, OHIO, 44446
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping forge a piece of titanium on an open die hydraulic forging press when a 2-by-2 piece of the titanium broke off and struck the employee in the arm. The employee sustained a laceration to the right arm and was hospitalized.

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