# Amputations at Ball Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016031991` · 3/6/2016 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Ball Corporation
- **Location:** 4700 Whiteway Dr., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33617
- **NAICS:** 322225
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a steel plate with a gantry crane when his thumb became pinned between the plate and the frame of the crane, amputating his thumb tip.

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