Fractures

Name: Fractures at Silgan Containers Manufacturing
Start: 1/21/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019010708 · 1/21/2019 · Silgan Containers Manufacturing

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Silgan Containers Manufacturing
Location: 12-773 State Route 110 Suite 101, NAPOLEON, OHIO, 43545
NAICS: 332431
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On January 21, 2019, at approximately 6:30 a.m., a seamer operator was attempting to remove a can end when their left arm was pinned between the pocket arm and the frame of the roto-feeder machine. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the left ulna and radius.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown