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OSHA Injury Report: Cope Plastics Inc Alton

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Cope Plastics Inc Alton in Alton, IL 62002 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was mATERIAL MOVER in 332710 Machine Shops.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
9

Cutting down cardboard box for packaging a pallet of material.

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.

Laceration to the left-hand middle finger at the proximal interphalangeal

Box Cutter Utility Knife

Laceration of Left-hand middle finger at the proximal interphalangeal from box cutter utility knife

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
Avg employees
194
Total hours worked
418393
EIN
370774093
Establishment ID
1148280
Employer case #
CP0225
Date of incident
Shift started
6:57
Time of incident
10:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
26FEB26:21:25:00

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.