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OSHA Injury Report: Topeka Plant

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Topeka Plant in Topeka, KS 66609 resulted in days away from work. Employee was processing Operator in potato chips manufacturing.

Establishment
Topeka Plant
Parent company
Frito-Lay Topeka
Street
4236 SW Kirklawn Ave
City
Topeka
State
KS
ZIP
66609
On-site location
Processing
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
19

Putting equipment (masa hog) back together after cleaning it.

Employee was reconnecting tubing on a processing machine when he pinched his thumb between connecting tubing which resulted in a laceration to the left thumb.

Injury

Masa Pump.

Thumb laceration caused by contact with tubing.

Job description
Processing Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311919 — Potato chips manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1404
Total hours worked
1825806
Establishment ID
1090748
Employer case #
4A23022TTW
Date of incident
Time of incident
23:30:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:20:01:00

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.