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 extrusion Temporary 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
- Extrusion Line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 6
Before the incident
Contract Employee was completing a pack of pipe which is done by nailing the top board to the side boards after it is banded.
What happened
Contract employee was reaching to get to the far board and hit his left thumb with a hammer.
Injury or illness
Left thumb hit resulting in a bone chip.
Object or substance involved
Hammer.
Summary line
Bone chip due to hitting left thumb with a hammer.
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 110
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 282,144
- EIN
- 760321065
- Establishment ID
- 150751
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:39
- Time of incident
- 07:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-24
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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