# Amputations involving bone loss at Howmet Aerospace INC
> OSHA SIR `2024087078` · 8/3/2024 · BARBERTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Howmet Aerospace INC
- **Location:** 842 Norton Avenue, BARBERTON, OHIO, 44203
- **NAICS:** 331524
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting equipment that produces aluminum wheels. They opened a chuck that a wheel was in and their finger was pinched between the dampener arm and the chuck pad, resulting in a laceration to their left ring finger. The finger was medically amputated.

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