Alton, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Cope Plastics Inc Alton
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Cope Plastics Inc Alton in 4441 Industrial Drive, Alton, IL 62002 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was material mover in 332710 Machine Shops.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Cope Plastics Inc Alton
- Parent company
- COPE PLASTICS INC
- Street
- 4441 Industrial Drive
- City
- Alton
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 62002
- On-site location
- Warehouse Packaging
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 9
Before the incident
Cutting down cardboard box for packaging a pallet of material.
What happened
While cutting down a cardboard box for packaging a pallet of material the box cutter utility knife slipped and cut the worker 's left-hand middle finger at the proximal interphalangeal. Worker was not wearing cut resistant gloves as required.
Injury or illness
Laceration to the left-hand middle finger at the proximal interphalangeal
Object or substance involved
Box Cutter Utility Knife
Summary line
Laceration of Left-hand middle finger at the proximal interphalangeal from box cutter utility knife
Employee and industry
- Job description
- MATERIAL MOVER
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 332710: 332710 Machine Shops
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 194
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 418,393
- EIN
- 370774093
- Establishment ID
- 1148280
- Employer case #
- CP0225
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:57
- Time of incident
- 10:10
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-26
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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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