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OSHA Injury Report: KMW Loaders / Sterling

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at KMW Loaders / Sterling in Sterling, KS 67579 resulted in other recordable case. 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
Parts assembly line
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Removing parts off the assembly line.

Removed a part off the assembly line. When he placed it down on the pallet his right index finger was smashed between the hook and a heavy piece of metal that was sitting on the pallet.

Right index finger smashed and swollen around the knuckle. They cannot bend their finger all the way and looks misaligned.

Metal hook and heavy piece of metal.

Right index finger swollen at knuckle and looks misaligned from being smashed between a hook and a heavy piece of metal.

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 #
23-08
Date of incident
Shift started
5:46:00.000
Time of incident
14:00:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:16:28:00

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.