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OSHA Injury Report: KMW Loaders / Sterling

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at KMW Loaders / Sterling in 535 W. Garfield Ave, Sterling, KS 67579 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was painter in farm tractors and attachments manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
KMW Loaders / Sterling
Parent company
KMW Ltd
Street
535 W. Garfield Ave
City
Sterling
State
KS
ZIP
67579
On-site location
Assembly Chip & Dry area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Cleaning parts in the chip and dry area in Assembly.

What happened

The employee was using a blower to clean out parts when a piece of metal blew into her left eye through the side of her safety glasses.

Injury or illness

There was a piece of metal in the left eye.

Object or substance involved

Small piece of metal fragment

Summary line

Piece of metal blown into left eye when using blower to clean out parts.

Employee and industry

Job description
Painter
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
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 #
23-04

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
14:30:00.000
Time of incident
18:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
21FEB24:03:52:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.