# Amputations at Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021108522` · 10/2/2021 · PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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 Beverage Container Corporation
- **Location:** 140 Industrial Drive, PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18640
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were replacing a guard chute on a printed scrap baler. One of them was lining up the guard using his left hand when the counter door cycled into the open position, resulting in amputation of the tip of his middle finger.

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