# Amputations at BALL METAL CONTAINER
> OSHA SIR `2015097023` · 9/23/2015 · FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** BALL METAL CONTAINER
- **Location:** 105 E. Blackhawk Drive, FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, 53538
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sustained a right index fingertip laceration while clearing a misfeed part in a strapper machine.

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