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OSHA Injury Report: Silgan Plastic Food Containers

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Silgan Plastic Food Containers in Union, MO 63084 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing.

Establishment
Silgan Plastic Food Containers
Parent company
Silgan Plastic Food Containers
Street
710 West Park Road
City
Union
State
MO
ZIP
63084
On-site location
Line 8 Drum
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
6

Shutting the line down

Employee was cleaning a piece of plastic from the die and tried to catch a piece that was starting to fall. The employee 's hand went beyond the provided guarding and the left middle finger got caught between two running pieces of equipment causing a broken bone.

Broken middle finger on left hand

Plugging on drum

Employee was cleaning a piece of plastic from the die and tried to catch a piece that was starting to fall. Hand went beyond guarding and got caught between two pieces of moving equipment.

Job description
Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326199 — Bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
199
Total hours worked
411264
EIN
222232588
Establishment ID
44828
Employer case #
107490044
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
9:07
Filing year
2025
Submitted
19JAN26:16:23:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.