Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation

On September 9, 2023, an employee was milling angle brackets on a mill press machine. Their right index finger contacted the milling bit resulting in surgical amputation.

An employee was operating a forklift and struck a support column in a warehouse. The employee hit their head on the steering wheel and was hospitalized with a fractured C6 vertebra.

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.

As an employee was stepping down from a step ladder, their right middle finger got caught between the employee's tool holder and the ladder. The employee's fingernail was removed and the finger was fractured. The employee was hospitalized.

On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.

An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.

An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.

An employee was clearing a jam on a ring press. The press's secondary switch was activated, engaging it. It caught the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized and sustained the amputation of two fingers. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

An employee was adjusting an air line on a scroll shear when a rotating gear caught his right ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was checking a conveyor belt chain when his right index finger came into contact with the moving chain. He suffered a partial amputation to the right index finger.

On April 1, 2025, at 9:45 p.m. an employee's arm was pulled into a lathe and fractured. The employee was hospitalized.

A paint room operator's hand was caught in the exit conveyor of an automated paint booth, resulting in a left middle finger amputation.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.