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 quality 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
- Extrusion Line 2 Regrind Rack
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 10
Before the incident
Employee was attempting to help another employee to open a bag of regrind at the back of the line.
What happened
As the employee was attempting to open the bag with a knife the employee slipped and the knife cut into the right index finger.
Injury or illness
Laceration to right index finger requiring stitches.
Object or substance involved
Knife.
Summary line
Laceration to right index finger from a knife.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Quality Technician
- SOC code
- 51-9061: Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- 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 #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:20
- Time of incident
- 16:10
- 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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