# Amputations at Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021053920` · 5/12/2021 · NAPOLEON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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.

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