Severe Workplace Injuries in Parsons, Kansas
Employers in Parsons reported 17 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through March 2025: 14 workers hospitalized and 6 amputations (35% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 10 of them.
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How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Parsons since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 29 inspections at Parsons workplaces, and 13 of them (45%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 35 serious, 0 willful and 0 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $129,710.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| The Wright Signs LLC (planned, details) | 7 (7 serious+) | $2,724 |
| Power Flame, Inc (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 6 (4 serious+) | $20,854 |
| Horizons Systems (referral, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $14,105 |
| Dayton Superior Corporation (planned, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $20,826 |
| Alexander Manufacturing Company, Inc. (planned, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $2,731 |
| Abel Medrano (planned, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $4,377 |
| Cst Industries, Inc. (referral, details) | 10 (10 serious+) | $39,523 |
| Ducommun Aerostructures, Inc. (complaint, details) | 2 | $7,956 |
| D-Man Construction LLC (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $924 |
| Grandview Products Co., Inc. (referral, details) | 4 (2 serious+) | $6,000 |
| Tank Connection Affiliate Group (complaint, details) | 1 | $4,900 |
| Neosho Valley Feeders LLC (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $1,360 |
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 17 newest severe injury reports from Parsons employers, as OSHA published them.
Mar 5, 2025 · Annett Holdings Inc Hospitalized
An employee was removing a strap from a load of foam insulation when the wind caused a 4x4x4 bundle of insulation to fall from the forks of the forklift. The bundle struck the employee's head, resulting in a spinal cord injury and a dislocation at vertebrae C6 and C7.
Struck by other falling object (other) · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1808828
Feb 25, 2025 · TANK CONNECTION Affiliate Group Amputation
An employee was being trained to operate a 5-axis mill when a pneumatic clamping device closed on their left ring finger and the fingertip was amputated.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Construction
Nov 9, 2024 · Labette County Medical Center Hospitalized
An employee was checking on a patient in a room. As the employee exited the room, he tripped over the patient's bedding and fell on his right hip, resulting in a right hip fracture.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Health care and social assistance
Jul 30, 2024 · Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was vacuuming the inside of his tractor when his foot slipped off the tractor steps and he fell onto a concrete curb at the fuel bay. The employee sustained two broken ribs on the right side and a punctured lung.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Multiple internal chest locations · Transportation and warehousing
May 23, 2024 · Horizons Systems Amputation
An employee was performing production work on a rolling machine when their left glove got caught in the machine. The employee's left hand and wrist were crushed, leading to surgical amputation of all four fingers and part of the thumb. The machine was not guarded at the point of operation.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Thumb(s) and finger(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1751281
Aug 22, 2023 · United Parcel Service, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee completed mail delivery operations and began experiencing heat stress symptoms. The employee was hospitalized for a heat-related muscular injury.
Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1694587
Jan 31, 2022 · CST Industries, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was grinding on metal when sparks from the grinder caught their shirt on fire, resulting in burns on the right side of the employee's upper torso.
Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing
Jul 8, 2020 · CST Industries, Inc. Amputation
An employee was placing parts onto a sawhorse with a crane. The parts started rocking; his finger was caught between them and the sawhorse, and the fingertip was amputated. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1483322
Feb 28, 2020 · Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc Hospitalized
An employee was using a hand truck to move a large compression testing machine. The shipping weight of the item was 975 lbs. The load was top heavy and when the employee tipped it back it fell and struck his lower left leg causing a fracture near the ankle.
Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing
Oct 19, 2019 · Walmart Supercenter #368 Hospitalized
An employee was stocking freight and saw a spider. She killed the spider and then experienced heart attack symptoms and was hospitalized.
Exposure to traumatic or stressful event (other) · Heart · Retail
May 10, 2018 · Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was on the loading dock, loading a trailer. He climbed onto the trailer-door track-guard at the rear of the trailer to reach and strap freight, securing it in the trailer. He slipped off the door-track guard and fell into the gap between the trailer and dock, sustaining multiple fractures to his right ankle.
Other fall to lower level · Ankle(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Nov 30, 2017 · Grandview Products Co Hospitalized
An employee was servicing a horizontal panel saw that showed an error code for the score blade position. As the employee manually lowered the score blade, the saw carriage tried to return to the 'home' position. The employee was then caught between the saw carriage and the floor of the facility, suffering broken ribs, a fractured jaw, and lacerations.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Head and trunk · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1281011
Nov 9, 2017 · CST Industries Inc Amputation
An employee was manually moving material to a roller. His hand was on the leading edge when his left middle finger was caught between the material and the roller.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1278986
Sep 6, 2016 · Ruskin Manufacturing Amputation
An employee's hand was in the cutting area of a cutter machine when a coworker activated the equipment. The cutter cycled and partially amputated the employee's left index fingertip.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1176717
Dec 22, 2015 · GRANDVIEW PRODUCTS CO., INC. Hospitalized
An employee was dry fitting a door (making sure all of the pieces fit together before gluing and nailing) and clamped her index, middle, and ring fingers in the horizontal clamp.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1114397
Jul 21, 2015 · Neosho Valley Feeders LLC Amputation
An employee was attempting to clear a blockage in a corn flaker. The equipment was shut down and locked out at the time. The employee removed a corn cob from the rollers when residual pressure from the rollers smashed the employee's fingertips, resulting in an amputation of the middle left-hand finger.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing · OSHA inspection 1080377
Jan 14, 2015 · CST Industries Inc Hospitalized
Worker operating a small press brake was struck in the neck by the piece that was being bent. The worker passed out, fell over a stool/chair, and struck his head on the concrete floor. He was transported to the local hospital in Parsons where he was treated, and then transported to Via Christi in Wichita where he remains hospitalized.
Fall on same level (other) · Brain · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1019994
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.
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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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