Severe Workplace Injuries in Hays, Kansas
Employers in Hays reported 14 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through January 2025: 14 workers hospitalized and 1 amputations (7% of reports). Health care and social assistance accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 4 of them.
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OSHA inspections in Hays since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 47 inspections at Hays workplaces, and 23 of them (49%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 49 serious, 0 willful and 0 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $155,732.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Leon's Welding & Fabrication LLC (planned, details) | 10 (9 serious+) | $12,003 |
| High Plains Machine, LLC (planned, details) | 4 (2 serious+) | $6,052 |
| Bomgaars Supply, Inc. (referral, details) | 3 (1 serious+) | $12,054 |
| Flatlander Dirt Works LLC (referral, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $4,972 |
| Flatlander Dirt Works LLC (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $12,679 |
| Concrete Services Co. Inc. (planned, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $9,831 |
| A-1 Scaffold Mfg., Inc. (planned, details) | 5 (5 serious+) | $19,228 |
| Enrique Nieves Framing (unprogrammed, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $2,863 |
| Tovar's Plastering & Construction (unprogrammed, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $7,518 |
| Crg Exteriors LLC (referral, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $4,377 |
| Zimmerman Plumbing, Heating, & Ac, Inc. (planned, details) | 1 | $954 |
| Blackwater Fire Protection, LLC (planned, details) | 2 | $4,627 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA inspections and state-run safety program inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 14 newest severe injury reports from Hays employers, as OSHA published them.
Jan 6, 2025 · Enersys Delaware Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was walking in the parking lot when they slipped on ice and fell to the concrete. The employee sustained a fractured left ankle.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing
Aug 12, 2024 · Camber Children's Mental Health Hays Hospitalized
An employee slipped on a wet floor and fell, sustaining a back injury.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back · Health care and social assistance
Jun 30, 2023 · Bomgaars Supply, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was moving 10-foot stock tanks when three of them fell, knocking the employee to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with broken bones in both legs.
Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1681725
May 12, 2023 · Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas Hospitalized
An employee tripped on an uneven piece of concrete in a parking lot, fell, and suffered a broken pelvis.
Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Pelvis · Health care and social assistance
May 24, 2022 · KVC Hospitals Hays Hospitalized
An employee's right thumb was caught in a door that a patient had hit. The employee suffered a shredded right thumb bone.
Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Health care and social assistance
Jan 26, 2021 · Humane Society of the High Plains Hospitalized
An employee slipped on ice and fell to the ground while getting out of a truck, resulting in a broken hip.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Hip(s) · Other services
Aug 13, 2020 · Biltrite Construction LLC Hospitalized
An employee was on scaffolding installing trim on the edge of a roof. The employee fell off the scaffolding onto the ground and suffered a fractured skull and a fractured back.
Other fall to lower level · Head and trunk · Construction · OSHA inspection 1488167
Oct 8, 2018 · Hess Services Inc. Amputation
An employee was walking through a metal entry door and pinched their right thumb in the door resulting in amputation of skin and muscle from the thumb.
Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing
Jul 21, 2017 · UPS Hospitalized
An employee delivered packages all day and was hospitalized that evening for cramps and dehydration.
Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Transportation and warehousing
Apr 21, 2017 · Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas Hospitalized
An employee was cleaning a car lift using a water hose to remove oil and grease buildup. The employee was standing on the car lift which was about 12 inches off the ground. When the employee stepped down from the car lift, he slipped on the wet floor and fell suffering a head injury and broken ribs.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Brain · Health care and social assistance
Jun 10, 2016 · MIDWEST ENERGY INC. Hospitalized
An employee was hot wrapping a pipe using flammable glue and a flame torch. The mixture ignited and the employee suffered second degree burns.
Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Nonclassifiable · Utilities
Feb 22, 2016 · Sunflower Electric Power Corporation Hospitalized
While working on nearby equipment, an employee drew an arc of approximately 12 inches from an unpowered electrical line. The power in the line was induced into the circuit from a nearby power source. The employee suffered an electrical shock/burns to the pointer finger and thumb.
Direct exposure to electricity · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Utilities · OSHA inspection 1128333
Dec 2, 2015 · Via Christi Village-Hays Hospitalized
On 12/2/2015, at 12:00 to 12:30 pm, an employee was hand washing the inside of a drinking glass using a rag. The glass broke and cut her hand.
Injured by object breaking in hand · Hand(s) · Health care and social assistance
Apr 15, 2015 · Midwest Energy Inc Hospitalized
On 4/15/2015, at 11:15 a.m., an employee working on a pad mount transformer came in contact with the 7200V underground cable live wire. The employee sustained a first degree burn on the left hand.
Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Hand(s) · Utilities · OSHA inspection 1056818
After a workplace injury in Kansas
Most work injuries are handled through workers' compensation, which pays medical bills and part of lost wages whether or not anyone was at fault, and usually rules out suing the employer. A separate claim may be possible against someone else, such as an equipment maker or another company on the site. Reporting deadlines are short, so tell your employer about an injury right away.
Personal injury lawyers in Hays
Lawbamba lists 4 personal injury lawyers with an office in Hays, Kansas, the practice area that deals with the workplace injury and OSHA inspection records on this page. These 4 come first in that listing (how the order is set).
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Source: OSHA's Severe Injury Reports, 2015 through November 2025 (loaded November 9, 2026). Employers must report any work-related amputation, loss of an eye or in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours. Employer names, addresses and incident descriptions are as OSHA publishes them. A report records an injury, not a finding that the employer broke a rule; OSHA opens an inspection for some reports. The data covers workplaces under federal OSHA. States that run their own OSHA program (such as California, Washington, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia) are mostly missing, and work-related deaths are reported separately.
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