Star Cutter Corporation

Location

Farmington, Michigan

The Star Cutter Corporation manufactured machine tools. Records indicate that National Lead of Ohio (Fernald) conducted a one-time test of a Star Cutter drill to hollow uranium slugs.

Alternative Names

  • Hitachi Farmington Hills Technology Center

Type of Facility

  • Atomic Weapons Employer

Covered by EEOICPA

  • Part B

EEOICPA Covered Years

  • 1956

Did work for:

  • Fernald

DOE

DOL

NIOSH

Other Resources

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