Severe Workplace Injuries in Hugoton, Kansas
Employers in Hugoton reported 12 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through November 2024: 11 workers hospitalized and 2 amputations (17% of reports). Agriculture, forestry and fishing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 5 of them.
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OSHA inspections in Hugoton since 2016
Workplace safety inspectors opened 16 inspections at Hugoton workplaces, and 6 of them (38%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 14 serious, 0 willful and 0 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $65,859.
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Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Kdi Cheese Co. LLC (referral, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $12,056 |
| Kansas Dairy Ingredients LLC (referral, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $18,646 |
| Seaboard Energy Kansas (complaint, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $15,290 |
| Irsik & Doll Sunbelt Feed Yard (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $7,373 |
| Teds Plumbing LLC (referral, details) | 6 (6 serious+) | $10,411 |
| Kansas Dairy Ingredients LLC (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $2,083 |
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 12 newest severe injury reports from Hugoton employers, as OSHA published them.
Nov 19, 2024 · Irsik & Doll Sunbelt Feed Yard Hospitalized
An employee was performing a necropsy on an animal to determine the cause of death when the animal shifted, and the employee's knife lacerated their right forearm.
Injured by object held or wielded by person · Forearm(s) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Nov 1, 2023 · Nextgen Cattle Feeding Hospitalized
An employee was trying to rope the rear legs of a cow. The cow changed direction and the rope whipped, causing the employee to fall from his horse. He landed on the ground on his back and broke several ribs.
Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Jul 18, 2023 · Martin Trucking Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was painting a truck trailer when air/paint from the paint gun went into the employee's finger, resulting in hospitalization.
Struck by discharged object or substance · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Jun 16, 2023 · KDI Cheese Co. LLC Hospitalized
A maintenance technician was called to troubleshoot a proximity switch on top of a cheese table. The switch triggers a metal detector for an agitator to stir the cheese curds on the table and the agitator stopped working. The technician was inside the casing for the agitator chain when his boot got caught in the chain. He was hospitalized with a fractured leg that required surgery.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Leg(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1679677
Apr 27, 2023 · Irsik & Doll Sunbelt Feed Yard Hospitalized
Two employees were participating in a training in the main control room and were tasked with turning on an electric motor that was located in the adjacent steam flake room. The pull switch was engaged and a soft start initialized but failed. An employee pushed the reset button and performed the start sequence again. When the machine spooled up to full speed, a flame shot out of the electric cabinet and an explosion blew the concrete roof off the building. Employee 1 went for the north door and became trapped under an electrical cabinet that fell over. Employee 2 exited through the south door. One employee sustained a fracture. Both employees sustained burns and were hospitalized.
Explosion (other) · Nonclassifiable · Agriculture, forestry and fishing · OSHA inspection 1667282
Dec 20, 2022 · Skyland Grain, LLC - Ulysses/Pucket Hospitalized
An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder, adjusting a rail on an overhead shop door with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped from the rail, the ladder became unstable, and the employee jumped to the concrete floor below. He landed on his feet, resulting in a compound fracture to his left foot.
Other jump to lower level · Foot (feet) · Wholesale trade
Nov 16, 2022 · Irsik & Doll Sunbelt Feed Yard Hospitalized
An employee was working in a mill control room on a stationary mounted ladder. As he was ascending the ladder, he slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in fractures of the left arm and three left ribs.
Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Feb 2, 2021 · Irsik and Doll Feed Services, inc. Amputation
An employee sustained left hand finger amputations when their hand was caught in a flaker roll machine.
Caught in running equipment or machinery · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing · OSHA inspection 1514234
Dec 16, 2019 · TEDS Plumbing LLC Hospitalized
An employee was digging around the saddle of a sewer tap at a residential job site. The side wall of the ditch collapsed and a chunk of asphalt and dirt pinned the employee against the side of the ditch. He suffered broken ribs and a broken pelvis.
Excavation or trenching cave-in · Multiple trunk locations · Construction · OSHA inspection 1451869
Mar 18, 2018 · SPX Transformer Solutions Amputation
An employee was removing a bushing on a transformer when the transformer's turret slid and he tried to catch it. The turret then amputated his right ring finger.
Struck by falling object or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing
May 22, 2016 · Kansas Dairy Ingredients Plant Hospitalized
An employee's right hand was suctioned while unloading a tanker resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.
Caught in running equipment or machinery · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1156162
Mar 26, 2015 · Irsik & Doll Feed Services, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was loading a steer into a truck. The steer got loose and attacked the employee.
Struck by animal · Nonclassifiable · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
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.
Workers compensation lawyers in Kansas
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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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