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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 quality Technician 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 2 Regrind Rack
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
10

Employee was attempting to help another employee to open a bag of regrind at the back of the line.

As the employee was attempting to open the bag with a knife the employee slipped and the knife cut into the right index finger.

Laceration to right index finger requiring stitches.

Knife.

Laceration to right index finger from a knife.

Job description
Quality Technician
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
326122 — PVC pipe manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
110
Total hours worked
282144
EIN
760321065
Establishment ID
150751
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
4:20
Time of incident
16:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
24FEB26:16:26:00

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.