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OSHA Injury Report: American Heavy Plates

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at American Heavy Plates in 42722 State Route 7, Clarington, OH 43915 resulted in days away from work. Employee was press Operator in hot-rolling purchased steel.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
American Heavy Plates
Parent company
American Heavy Plates Solutions
Street
42722 State Route 7
City
Clarington
State
OH
ZIP
43915
On-site location
Beside the Press

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Before the incident

The employee was spinning a plate to load it onto a transfer car.

What happened

When the plate spun the magnet cable got wrapped around the hook of the crane this caused the cable to unhook. When it unhooked it arced off and caused the magnet to be without power. [REDACTED] the plate dropped and landed on the employees foot.

Injury or illness

Amputated right leg below the knee and fractured right wrist.

Object or substance involved

Metal Plate

Summary line

Amputated right leg below the knee fractured right wrist.

Employee and industry

Job description
Press Operator
SOC code
51-4031 — Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
331221 — Hot-rolling purchased steel
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
140
Total hours worked
271652
EIN
823959668
Establishment ID
1263561
Employer case #
3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:30
Time of incident
19:05
Filing year
2024
Submitted
20JAN2025:16:11:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.