# Amputations at Silgan Plastics
> OSHA SIR `20191011177` · 10/26/2019 · HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Silgan Plastics
- **Location:** 6122 Aviator Dr., HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI, 63042
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting plastic scrap into a pallet box. The scrap lacerated his left index and middle fingers. The fingertips were medically amputated.

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