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OSHA Injury Report: Morton Salt

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Morton Salt in South Hutchinson, KS 67505 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in salt, table, manufacturing.

Establishment
Morton Salt
Street
1000 Morton Dr.
City
South Hutchinson
State
KS
ZIP
67505
On-site location
MVR First floor
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
8
Days restricted or transferred
82

In the MVR working to remove a valve from it 's position

He was standing on the 3rd step of secured rolling ladder to pull the valve from the first level of scaffolding to pass it to an employee working on the ground level and while he was reaching forward to pass the valve off he felt a pain in his shoulder

Shoulder strain

45 lb. valve

Shoulder strain moving a 45 lb. valve from the first level scaffolding to the floor

Job description
Maintenance Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311942 — Salt, table, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
120
Total hours worked
259221
Establishment ID
1099154
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
8:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
08JAN2025:20:38:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.