Ft. Smith, AR ·
OSHA Injury Report: Silgan Plastic Food Containers - 1
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Silgan Plastic Food Containers - 1 in 7101 Hwy 45, Ft. Smith, AR 72916 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 - 1
- Parent company
- Silgan PFC
- Street
- 7101 Hwy 45
- City
- Ft. Smith
- State
- AR
- ZIP
- 72916
- On-site location
- On Printer 6
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 100
Before the incident
The employee was checking on some product on an overhead conveyor by Printer 6.
What happened
The employee was descending holding product in one hand and missed the last step. They fell backwards and tried to catch themselves with their hands.
Injury or illness
Fracture to right wrist
Object or substance involved
Floor
Summary line
Employee was on a ladder and when coming off the ladder they did not have three points of contact as they were holding product while descending. The employee missed the last step and fell backwards and suffered a fracture to the right wrist.
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)
- 115
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 273,490
- EIN
- 222232588
- Establishment ID
- 806997
- Employer case #
- 1074900420
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 21:30
- 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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