Nichols, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: Crown Cork & Seal - Nichols Plants
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Crown Cork & Seal - Nichols Plants in Nichols, NY 13812 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was deco Operator in beer cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Crown Cork & Seal - Nichols Plants
- Parent company
- Crown Holdings, Inc.
- Street
- 650 Berry Road
- City
- Nichols
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 13812
- On-site location
- Decorator 2A
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Changing varnish filter
What happened
While trying to change the varnish filter the employee was holding the housing with his left hand and was using a wrench in his right hand to remove the cap. Employee felt something pop in his left wrist. Employee initially refused any first aid and was able to have full motion of his wrist although certain movements did hurt. Employee finished out the shift. Employee returned to work the next day sore but was icing his wrist in the morning. Toward the [REDACTED] reported to Supervisor he was still in pain and left to be seen at a walk-in clinic.
Injury or illness
Other work-related injury
Object or substance involved
While gripping the housing of the varnish unit to change the filter the employee moved his left hand and felt a pop along with pain.
Summary line
Other work-related injury to Left W- Wrist caused by While gripping the housing of the varnish unit to change the filter the employee moved his left hand and felt a pop along with pain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Deco Operator
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 332431 — Beer cans, light gauge metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 282
- Total hours worked
- 708088
- EIN
- 232869494
- Establishment ID
- 679841
- Employer case #
- IN-2024072
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 17:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 14FEB2025:14:41:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.