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 fabrication Operator 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
- Fabrication Warehouse
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 1
Before the incident
Walking through the fabrication warehouse to get packaging materials.
What happened
[REDACTED] had a significant rain event and an internal storm drain overflowed onto the floor. The water was being cleaned up at the source. However the water ran under a wall and into an aisle on the other side. An operator was attempting to walk around the water to get packaging material and got one foot in the water and slipped and fell to the ground.
Injury or illness
The employee experienced pain in the right lower back and in the right wrist from the fall.
Object or substance involved
Concrete floor.
Summary line
Operator was attempting to walk around water on the floor to get packaging material and got one foot in the water and slipped and fell to the ground. The employee experienced pain in the right lower back and in the right wrist.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Fabrication Operator
- SOC code
- 51-2099: Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
- 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 #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:38
- Time of incident
- 02:20
- 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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