# Amputations at Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017065990` · 6/29/2017 · EDISON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation
- **Location:** 135 National Rd., EDISON, NEW JERSEY, 08817
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a 25-pound cup conveyor part from a storage rack when he lost control of the part and it fell, crushing his finger between the part and the rack. He suffered a left index finger amputation.

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