Emporia, KS —
OSHA Injury Report: EMPORIA FLEX PLANT
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at EMPORIA FLEX PLANT in Emporia, KS 66801 resulted in days away from work. Employee was grinder Operator.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- EMPORIA FLEX PLANT
- Parent company
- SIMMONS FOODS
- Street
- 417 Warren Way
- City
- Emporia
- State
- KS
- ZIP
- 66801
- On-site location
- Compactor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
Disposing of empty dry ingredient bags into compactor
What happened
While throwing empty dry ingredient bags into compactor some of the powder got into his left eye.
Injury or illness
Left eye infection
Object or substance involved
Ingredient powder
Summary line
While throwing empty ingredient bags into compactor some of the powder got into his left eye.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Grinder Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9021 — Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, a
- NAICS code
- 311111
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 565
- Total hours worked
- 1181531
- EIN
- 200351981
- Establishment ID
- 1229764
- Employer case #
- 125
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 10:30
- Time of incident
- 19:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 16FEB26:15:15:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.