OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221400831

BALL METAL BEVERAGE CONTAINER CORPORATION

PITTSTON, PA· 2021-10-02T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Baler, Baler Door, Door, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Maintenance, Metal, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Struck By, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 332431
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345574503
Employer profile: BALL METAL BEVERAGE CONTAINER CORPORATION
Summary number: 221400831
Report ID: 0317700

Event description

Employee amputates fingertip while servicing energized baler

Investigation abstract

At 7:15 a.m. on October 2, 2019, an employee working in maintenance for a metal can manufacturer was helping a coworker replace a guard chute on the printed horizontal scrap baler. The employee was attempting to line up the guard using his left hand when the counter door cycled into the open position and struck his hand. The employee amputated his middle fingertip and lacerated his hand to his index finger, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 33 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
519

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