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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 operatorLead in bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing.

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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
Former 4

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
42

Before the incident

Employee was helping start up Former 4.

What happened

Employee was pulling a piece of plastic and it got caught on an object causing the employee to hyperextend their right thumb.

Injury or illness

Hyperextend right thumb sprain.

Object or substance involved

Plastic piece

Summary line

Employee was pulling a piece of plastic it got caught on an object and hyperextended the right thumb.

Employee and industry

Job description
OperatorLead
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
326199 — Bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
115
Total hours worked
273490
EIN
222232588
Establishment ID
806997
Employer case #
1704900422

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:15:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
17JAN24:15:04:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.