# Amputations at Silgan Containers
> OSHA SIR `2020109398` · 10/3/2020 · PARIS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Silgan Containers
- **Location:** 500 NW Loop 286, PARIS, TEXAS, 75460
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After finishing setup, an employee was making adjustments to the tooling on a trimmer machine. The machine was activated and the employee's hand slipped. His left ring finger was caught between a cogged belt and a wheel. The finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

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