Amputations

Name: Amputations at Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation
Start: 5/12/2021

1 amputation · 2021053920 · 5/12/2021 · Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

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

Narrative

A turret on a piece of trimmer equipment was being manually rotated into position while offline. An employee was helping move the turret when a pinch point on it caught his right hand. He suffered an amputation to the ring fingertip.

Source

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