Union, MO ·
OSHA Injury Report: Silgan Plastic Food Containers
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Silgan Plastic Food Containers in 710 West Park Road, Union, MO 63084 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
The shear press went down so the operator was getting ready to start back up.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Laceration fracture to right thumb.
Object or substance involved
Latch on door
Summary line
Employee was opening the door and was holding onto the latch. The end of the latch lacerated the right thumb.
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 180
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 467,306
- EIN
- 222232588
- Establishment ID
- 44828
- Employer case #
- 1074900416
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 20:00
- Time of incident
- 22:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-17
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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