# Amputations at Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023087558` · 8/17/2023 · EDISON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation
- **Location:** 135 National Rd., EDISON, NEW JERSEY, 08817
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a scrap compactor when his finger was amputated.

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