# Amputations at SILGAN CONTAINERS MFG. CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2017054652` · 5/23/2017 · EDISON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** SILGAN CONTAINERS MFG. CORP.
- **Location:** 135 NATIONAL ROAD, EDISON, NEW JERSEY, 08818
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hand slipped into a metal shear, amputating his right middle finger.

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