Kansas City, KS ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kansas City Plant
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Kansas City Plant in 300 Sunshine Road, Kansas City, KS 66115 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mechanicC in fiberglass insulation products manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kansas City Plant
- Parent company
- Owens Corning
- Street
- 300 Sunshine Road
- City
- Kansas City
- State
- KS
- ZIP
- 66115
- On-site location
- OSP Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee started work at [REDACTED].
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Laceration to the chin.
Object or substance involved
Sleever bar.
Summary line
Laceration to the chin
Employee and industry
- Job description
- MechanicC
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 327993: Fiberglass insulation products manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 200
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 425,723
- Establishment ID
- 1202389
- Employer case #
- 2023-45533
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 00:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-01
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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