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 molding 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
- Clean Room sorting table
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 64
Before the incident
EE was dumping parts bins onto sorting table.
What happened
EE states bins were too full. She felt discomfort in R shoulder while dumping a bin on the sorting table. EE continued to work and sought medical treatment on [REDACTED]. EE reported to work [REDACTED] 28 25 with restrictions from treating physician which could not be accommodated.
Injury or illness
Pain - No medical diagnosis provided by treating physician.
Object or substance involved
Blue parts bin. Estimated 20 - 40 lbs.
Summary line
R shoulder discomfort when dumping parts bin onto table
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Molding Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4072 — Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, an
- 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 #
- C25-12
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 9:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 09FEB26:14:52:00
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.