Clarington, OH —
OSHA Injury Report: American Heavy Plates
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at American Heavy Plates in Clarington, OH 43915 resulted in days away from work. Employee was press Operator in hot-rolling purchased steel.
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
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.