Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation

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

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.

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.

An employee's right index finger was amputated at the first knuckle, resulting in overnight hospitalization.

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

An employee was clearing a jam on a ring press. The press's secondary switch was activated, engaging it. It caught the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized and sustained the amputation of two fingers. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

An employee was adjusting an air line on a scroll shear when a rotating gear caught his right ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was checking a conveyor belt chain when his right index finger came into contact with the moving chain. He suffered a partial amputation to the right index finger.

On April 1, 2025, at 9:45 p.m. an employee's arm was pulled into a lathe and fractured. The employee was hospitalized.

A paint room operator's hand was caught in the exit conveyor of an automated paint booth, resulting in a left middle finger amputation.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.