# Amputations at Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021108766` · 10/12/2021 · MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation
- **Location:** 95 Ballard Road, MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK, 10941
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right hand entered a vacuum blower. The blower fan amputated one of the employee's fingertips.

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