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 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
- Avg employees
- 435
- Total hours worked
- 850333
- EIN
- 203117446
- Establishment ID
- 80412
- Employer case #
- C25-6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 09FEB26:13:52:00
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.