Ball Corporation

An employee was walking down stairs, crossing over the conveyor, and fell. The employee sustained a severe laceration behind the right knee.

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.

An employee was working in a robot area. His muscles began cramping in the morning and he was hospitalized that afternoon, suffering from heat stress.

On April 5, 2020, at approximately 2:30 AM, an employee was checking the chain tension on a discharge conveyor. His right index finger became pinched in the conveyor's chain and sprocket and was amputated.

Employees were waiting on a delivery truck to unstrap electrical panels and control panels for unloading. The driver of a tractor trailer unstrapped the electrical and control panels so the employees could unload them. An electrical panel slipped and hit a control panel, which then struck the injured employee, knocking him to the ground where he hit his head on the concrete. He was hospitalized with a contusion to the back of the head and ligament damage to his right knee.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was working in a robot area. His muscles began cramping in the morning and he was hospitalized that afternoon, suffering from heat stress.

An employee was loading a coil into a machine when the coil became jammed. When the employee unjammed the coil, the machine's spindle caused an amputation of his right ring finger.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.