Buffalo, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Caplugs
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Caplugs in 2150 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14207 resulted in days away from work. Employee was order Processor 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
- Shipping Dock (FedEx)
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
Before the incident
EE was loading a pallet onto the FedEx truck.
What happened
EE felt acute R shoulder pain while lifting a corner of the loaded pallet to help it traverse the edge of the dock plate.
Injury or illness
Strain of unspecified muscle fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level right arm
Object or substance involved
Pallet of loaded product
Summary line
R shoulder strain lifting corner of loaded pallet
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Order Processor
- SOC code
- 43-4151: Order Clerks
- NAICS code
- 326199: Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 435
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 850,333
- EIN
- 203117446
- Establishment ID
- 80412
- Employer case #
- C25-5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-09
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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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