# Fractures at Ball Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015010366` · 1/11/2015 · WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Ball Corporation
- **Location:** 3028 Birch Drive, WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26062
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Using a metal lathe, a maintenance worker was polishing a shaft. The shaft kicked back and the maintenance worker was struck in the arm and hand by the shaft. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery to repair the fractured arm.

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