Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation, 140 Industrial Drive, PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18640
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
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.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332431)
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 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.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.