Union, MO —
OSHA Injury Report: Silgan Plastic Food Containers
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 6
Before the incident
Shutting the line down
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Broken middle finger on left hand
Object or substance involved
Plugging on drum
Summary line
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.
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 9:07
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 19JAN26:16:23:00
Source
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.