# Amputations at Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2020010155` · 1/7/2020 · SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp.
- **Location:** 11 Adams Road, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK, 12866
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a short ladder underneath a conveyor when he lost his balance and his right hand entered the in-running nip point of the conveyor, resulting in amputations to part of the first and second fingers.

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