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OSHA Injury Report: Kansas City Plant

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Kansas City Plant in Kansas City, KS 66115 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mechanicC in fiberglass insulation products manufacturing.

Establishment
Kansas City Plant
Parent company
Owens Corning
Street
300 Sunshine Road
City
Kansas City
State
KS
ZIP
66115
On-site location
OSP Shop
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee started work at [REDACTED].

On [REDACTED] a shop mechanic was disassembling a large hydraulic cylinder for repairs. The employee was attempting to remove the cylinder connecting block from the threaded rod end. They applied upward force on a sleever bar (pry bar) through the hole in the block to unscrew the block while holding the rod steady with their right hand and using a pair of [REDACTED] pliers in their left hand. When the connecting block “broke loose” suddenly and began to turn the employee lost control of the sleever bar which caused the flat end to strike their chin.

Laceration to the chin.

Sleever bar.

Laceration to the chin

Job description
MechanicC
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
327993 — Fiberglass insulation products manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
200
Total hours worked
425723
Establishment ID
1202389
Employer case #
2023-45533
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
0:00:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:15:02:00

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.