# Amputations at Ball Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020043089` · 4/5/2020 · FINDLAY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Ball Corporation
- **Location:** 12340 Co Rd 99, FINDLAY, OHIO, 45840
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

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.

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