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 710 West Park Road, 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 199
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 411,264
- EIN
- 222232588
- Establishment ID
- 44828
- Employer case #
- 107490044
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 09:07
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-19
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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