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OSHA Injury Report: Caplugs Inc

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Caplugs Inc in Buffalo, NY 14207 resulted in days away from work. Employee was die setter in bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing.

Establishment
Caplugs Inc
Parent company
Protective Industries Inc.
Street
2150 Elmwood Ave
City
Buffalo
State
NY
ZIP
14207
On-site location
Mold Grinding Room
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5

Was unjamming the grinder with a prybar

As employee was unjamming the blades on the grinder began to spin and got his fingers caught between the blades and stationary side of the grinder

Laceration to left hand

Grinder blade

Laceration to the left hand from a grinder

Job description
Die setter
SOC code
51-4022 — Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
326199 — Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
430
Total hours worked
1025273
Establishment ID
1176154
Employer case #
8P23
Date of incident
Time of incident
8:00:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:14:29:00

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.