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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 assembler I 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 station

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Installing hoses on backhoes and loaders

What happened

A supply of hoses was lying on a wood pallet. He reached down to grab a hose and caught his fingernail on the board. A splinter of wood jammed underneath the right little finger. He was unsuccessful in trying to remove it with tweezers.

Injury or illness

A piece of wood splinters underneath a fingernail.

Object or substance involved

A piece of wood broke off a wooden pallet.

Summary line

Splinter of wood from a board jammed underneath right little finger.

Employee and industry

Job description
Assembler I
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
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 #
23-05

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
14:22:00.000
Time of incident
20:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
21FEB24:14:42:00

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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.