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OSHA Injury Report: KMW Loaders / Sterling

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at KMW Loaders / Sterling in Sterling, KS 67579 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was assembly Trainee in farm tractors and attachments manufacturing.

Establishment
KMW Loaders / Sterling
Parent company
KMW Ltd
Street
535 W. Garfield Ave
City
Sterling
State
KS
ZIP
67579
On-site location
Backhoe assembly
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
123

Assembling backhoes

Hammering a pin into a hole on a backhoe his hand got caught between the metal and the pin underneath smashing his left little finger causing an open wound cuts and dislocation of his finger.

A smashed finger with an open wound cuts and dislocation.

Metal piece on the backhoe and the pin hole opening.

Small left finger smashed causing open wound cuts and dislocation of finger.

Job description
Assembly Trainee
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
NAICS code
333111 — Farm tractors and attachments manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
130
Total hours worked
209630
EIN
742811718
Establishment ID
1142450
Employer case #
23-07
Date of incident
Shift started
21:44:00.000
Time of incident
4:30:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:16:14:00

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.