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Silgan Plastics, LLC

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified — Amputations — NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Silgan Plastics, LLC in NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Silgan Plastics, LLC Report ID 2023042932
Address 80 Loomis St. City, State ZIP NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA 16428
Event Date April 3, 2023 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 326160 Inspection # 1662284
GPS Coordinates 42.21000, -79.82000

Incident Narrative

An employee was observing work on a blow wheel machine during training. As the employee's hand was on the cam track, a co-worker manually moved the blow wheel and the employee's right thumb was pinched between the track and the moving cam on the track, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On April 3, 2023, a worker at Silgan Plastics, LLC in NORTH EAST, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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