LINCOLNTON, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Aptar Closures
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Aptar Closures in 3300 FINGER MILL RD, LINCOLNTON, NC 28092 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was automation Technician in bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Aptar Closures
- Parent company
- Aptargroup, Inc
- Street
- 3300 FINGER MILL RD
- City
- LINCOLNTON
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28092
- On-site location
- Press 21 Liner Machine
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 70
Before the incident
Performing maintenance to correct fault on assembly machine
What happened
Technician had their right hand in between the bracket and the punch pins of the assembly and when manually operating the brake with their left hand smashed and punctured their right hand.
Injury or illness
puncture laceration of the right-hand requiring stitches
Object or substance involved
Mechanically operated punch pin assembly
Summary line
Right Hand Puncture From Closing Assembly
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Automation Technician
- SOC code
- 17-3026: Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- NAICS code
- 326199: Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2017
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 266
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 493,694
- EIN
- 363853103
- Establishment ID
- 1069153
- Employer case #
- 4510
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:45
- Time of incident
- 09:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-28
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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