# Amputations at SILGAN PLASTIC CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2019010933` · 1/25/2019 · FLORA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SILGAN PLASTIC CORPORATION
- **Location:** #2 INDUSTRIAL PARK, FLORA, ILLINOIS, 62839
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 11:00 p.m., on 1/25/2019, an employee pulled a bottle from a running machine for a required quality check and caught his left index finger in the machine resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.

---
*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*