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 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 435
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 850,333
- EIN
- 203117446
- Establishment ID
- 80412
- Employer case #
- C25-12
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 09:15
- 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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