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OSHA Injury Report: Materion Newton Inc

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Materion Newton Inc in Newton, MA 2461 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder I Newton in manufacturing- Powder Metallurgy- Part Manufacturing.

Establishment
Materion Newton Inc
Parent company
Materion
Street
45 Industrial Pl
City
Newton
State
MA
ZIP
2461
On-site location
Meco Mill
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
64

EE was loading a 3W plate weighing about 1102 Ibs on to the meco rollers

[REDACTED] injured operator indicated that him and another colleague [REDACTED] were working on a set of 3W plates pieces for [REDACTED] came in to request for [REDACTED] sheet bars to be worked on They finished the set they were working on went on break and came back with the intention on working on the [REDACTED] sheet bars [REDACTED] indicated that after break [REDACTED] was grabbing some coffee so he proceeded to the Meco work center He decided to start loading the piece weighing about 1102 Ibs on the Meco rollers to get ready for [REDACTED] to start rolling when he came back [REDACTED] picked up the lifter picked up the sheet bar and started guiding it to the Meco but he indicated that typically he has his right hand holding the lifter and uses the other to guide the material unto the rollers As he moved the piece closer to the Meco rollers he had rested his left hand on the edge of the Meco and just as he was about to lift that hand to hold the piece the sheet bar fell and crushe

Nature of InjuryIllness Fracture crush or dislocation Body Parts FingersLeft

3W plate

Nature of InjuryIllness Fracture crush or dislocation Cause of InjuryIllnessContacted by Body Parts FingersLeft Object Substance 3W plate

Job description
Welder I Newton
SOC code
51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
NAICS code
331491 — Manufacturing- Powder Metallurgy- Part Manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
170
Total hours worked
341780
Establishment ID
991679
Employer case #
US-EM - NE
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
12:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
25FEB2025:19:15:00

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.