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OSHA Injury Report: Westlake Pipe & Fittings

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Westlake Pipe & Fittings in McPherson, KS 67460 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was extrusion Temporary Operator in pVC pipe manufacturing.

Establishment
Westlake Pipe & Fittings
Parent company
Westlake Chemical
Street
500 West First Street
City
McPherson
State
KS
ZIP
67460
On-site location
Extrusion Line
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
6

Contract Employee was completing a pack of pipe which is done by nailing the top board to the side boards after it is banded.

Contract employee was reaching to get to the far board and hit his left thumb with a hammer.

Left thumb hit resulting in a bone chip.

Hammer.

Bone chip due to hitting left thumb with a hammer.

Job description
Extrusion Temporary Operator
SOC code
51-6091 — Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders,
NAICS code
326122 — PVC pipe manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
110
Total hours worked
282144
EIN
760321065
Establishment ID
150751
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
6:39
Time of incident
7:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
24FEB26:16:22:00

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.