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OSHA Injury Report: Silgan Plastic Food Containers

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Silgan Plastic Food Containers in Union, MO 63084 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing.

Establishment
Silgan Plastic Food Containers
Parent company
Silgan Plastic Food Containers
Street
710 West Park Road
City
Union
State
MO
ZIP
63084
On-site location
Line 15 Shear Press
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
14

The shear press went down so the operator was getting ready to start back up.

Operator was holding door handle with left hand and latch with right hand. He abruptly opened the door causing the latch to go into the right thumb.

Laceration fracture to right thumb.

Latch on door

Employee was opening the door and was holding onto the latch. The end of the latch lacerated the right thumb.

Job description
Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326199 — Bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
180
Total hours worked
467306
EIN
222232588
Establishment ID
44828
Employer case #
1074900416
Date of incident
Shift started
20:00:00.000
Time of incident
22:30:00.000
Submitted
17JAN24:02:29:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.