# Amputations at BALL CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2021064912` · 6/16/2021 · MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BALL CORPORATION
- **Location:** 95 BALLARD ROAD, MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK, 10941
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a press and went to remove aluminum scrap. The machine single-stroked one time, catching his right thumb between the punch and the bottom former. The thumb tip was amputated.

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