McPherson, KS ·
OSHA Injury Report: Westlake Pipe & Fittings
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Westlake Pipe & Fittings in 500 West First Street, McPherson, KS 67460 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Technician in PVC pipe manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Westlake Pipe & Fittings
- Parent company
- Westlake Chemical
- Street
- 500 West First Street
- City
- McPherson
- State
- KS
- ZIP
- 67460
- On-site location
- Line 7 Clib Machine
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 52
Before the incident
Employee was reassembling servo actuator assembly on a groove cutting machine. Machine was locked out according to LOTO procedure.
What happened
When they lowered the suspended spindle assembly onto the repaired servo actuator assembly by releasing the strap they had the tip of their left ring finger between the piece that was being lowered and the nut on the servo actuator assembly causing finger to become pinched between spindle assembly and nut.
Injury or illness
Open fracture to the tip of the left ring finger.
Object or substance involved
Contact between spindle assembly and the nut on the servo actuator assembly.
Summary line
Tip of left ring finger was pinched between spindle assembly and nut resulting in an open fracture to the tip of the finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 326122: PVC pipe manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 114
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 284,108
- EIN
- 760321065
- Establishment ID
- 150751
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:05
- Time of incident
- 17:19
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-27
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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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