Buffalo, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: Caplugs
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Caplugs in Buffalo, NY 14207 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was extrusion Operator 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
- Teknova clamping station
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 13
Before the incident
EE was sitting at the work station using the manual clamping fixture to install caps into the tube throughout his shift. EE worked at station ~4 hours on [REDACTED] and throughout following day [REDACTED]. He started to feel soreness on second day.
What happened
On [REDACTED] 25 EE reported to Supervisor that he was having pain during certain lifting motions and felt a vein under his L arm that he did not feel under his R. Attributed to work activities on [REDACTED] and [REDACTED].
Injury or illness
L rotator cuff strain
Object or substance involved
Repeated operation of Teknova clamping fixture
Summary line
L rotator cuff strain from repeat operation of manual clamp fixture
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Extrusion Operator
- SOC code
- 51-6091 — Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders,
- 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 #
- C25-10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 09FEB26:14:42:00
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.