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 mold Assembler 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
- Toolroom workbench
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
Before the incident
EE was pushing a mold across the bench.
What happened
EE felt a pop in L elbow as he was manually pushing a mold across the workbench. Woke up next day with swollen elbow.
Injury or illness
L elbow injury and L elbow pain
Object or substance involved
Mold from injection molding machine
Summary line
Felt L elbow pop while pushing mold across workbench
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Mold Assembler
- SOC code
- 51-2099: Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
- 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 #
- C25-6
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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