Buffalo, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: Caplugs
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Caplugs in 2150 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14207 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was lead 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 line B15
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 111
Before the incident
EE was moving quickly towards an issue on line B15.
What happened
EE stopped at [REDACTED] and felt a pop in L knee.
Injury or illness
Sprain of unspecified site of L knee
Object or substance involved
Question does not apply to this incident.
Summary line
Felt L knee pop while approaching machine to investigate issue
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lead Technician
- SOC code
- 19-4031: Chemical Technicians
- 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 #
- C25-8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 20:15
- 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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