Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Amputations — NAPOLEON, OHIO

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation in NAPOLEON, OHIO
Employer Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation Report ID 2021053920
Address 12-773 State Route 110 Suite 101 City, State ZIP NAPOLEON, OHIO 43545
Event Date May 12, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 332431 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 41.40000, -84.00000

Incident 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.

Incident Summary

On May 12, 2021, a worker at Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation in NAPOLEON, OHIO suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with machine and appliance parts, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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