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 robotics 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
- Blending Henschel Heat Mixer
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 61
Before the incident
Three maintenance employees were putting belts back on the heat mixer. Heat mixer was locked out. Two of the employees were on the level under the blender installing the belts on the pulleys (16 belts). They had another employee at the mixer level holding the belts in place that had already been installed while the two employees began to install the next belt.
What happened
As they rolled the next belt on the employees hand was pinched between the pulley and the frame of the mixer.
Injury or illness
Carpal avulsion fracture to left hand.
Object or substance involved
Pinched between pulley and frame of the mixer.
Summary line
Employees hand was pinched between the pulley and the frame of the mixer causing a carpal avulsion fracture to their left hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Robotics Technician
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- 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 #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:52
- Time of incident
- 16:00
- 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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