Neodesha, KS —
OSHA Injury Report: Neodesha Plastics, Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Neodesha Plastics, Inc. in Neodesha, KS 66757 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Neodesha Plastics, Inc.
- Parent company
- Neodesha Plastics, Inc.
- Street
- 1206 Worley Drive
- City
- Neodesha
- State
- KS
- ZIP
- 66757
- On-site location
- Bertha West
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 3
Before the incident
Employee was forming parts in the machine trimming them first with a box knife on 2 small pieces on the part and then the part in its entirety is trimmed with a hand router followed by a reamer to clean up and then placing them in a box for shipping
What happened
Employee was doing final cleanup on a part that had been run before [REDACTED] with his reamer he noticed 2 small pieces that had to be excised with a box knife before being routered were still in place he put his reamer in his left hand and tried to hold the part steady while using his box knife to cut out the pieces with his right hand. He was unable to steady the part and slipped with the knife and cut his left forearm.
Injury or illness
The injury was an approximately 2 inch laceration to the top of his left forearm that required 5 stiches to close.
Object or substance involved
the box knife
Summary line
Laceration to left forearm self injury with box knife
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326199 — Utility containers (e.g., baskets, bins, boxes, buckets, dishpans, pails), plastics (except foam), manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 73
- Total hours worked
- 151296
- EIN
- 480835418
- Establishment ID
- 517252
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 13:40:00.000
- Submitted
- 04JAN24:17:15:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.