Buffalo, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: Caplugs
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Caplugs in Buffalo, NY 14207 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mold Technician in bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Caplugs
- Parent company
- Protective Industries Inc.
- Street
- 2150 Elmwood Avenue
- City
- Buffalo
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 14207
- On-site location
- Molding area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 33
Before the incident
EE was setting up line B13 to run production.
What happened
EE felt acute lower back pain while pushing a Mokon unit into position.
Injury or illness
Sprain of unspecified parts of lumbar spine and pelvis
Object or substance involved
Mokon unit for molding machine
Summary line
Felt acute lower back pain while pushing equipment into position during setup
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Mold Technician
- SOC code
- 51-4072 — Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, an
- NAICS code
- 326199 — Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 435
- Total hours worked
- 850333
- EIN
- 203117446
- Establishment ID
- 80412
- Employer case #
- C25-4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 09FEB26:13:45:00
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.