Severe Workplace Injuries in Sublette, Kansas
Employers in Sublette reported 13 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2016 through August 2025: 10 workers hospitalized and 5 amputations (38% of reports). Agriculture, forestry and fishing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 3 of them.
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OSHA inspections in Sublette since 2016
Workplace safety inspectors opened 11 inspections at Sublette workplaces, and 6 of them (55%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 13 serious, 0 willful and 0 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $97,112.
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Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Sterling Drilling Company (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $2,532 |
| American Protein Corporation (referral, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $12,054 |
| American Protein Corporation (planned, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $10,068 |
| Sublette Feeders (complaint, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $10,924 |
| Archer Daniels Midland Company (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 6 (3 serious+) | $57,934 |
| T-L Irrigation Company (referral, details) | 3 (1 serious+) | $3,600 |
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 13 newest severe injury reports from Sublette employers, as OSHA published them.
Aug 25, 2025 · Cobalt Cattle Company LLC Amputation
Multiple employees were working to treat a bloated animal in a cattle pen. They put a head restraint on the animal. A chain attached to the head restraint device caught the injured employee's index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation around the fingernail area that required surgical amputation at the first knuckle.
Entangled in non-running object · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Sep 15, 2023 · American Protein Corporation Amputation
An employee was unjamming powder in the chute of a machine when the airlock inside the chute actuated and amputated their right index, middle, and ring fingertips.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1698462
Aug 21, 2022 · Friona Cattle Feeders North Hospitalized
An employee was pen riding when he fell from his horse. He was hospitalized for a skull fracture and intracranial bleeding.
Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden · Brain · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Jan 11, 2022 · Cobalt Cattle Company LLC Hospitalized
An employee was on a horse when it was spooked and bucked the employee off. The employee landed on their hips and legs and suffered a broken femur. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden · Thigh(s) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Sep 9, 2021 · Friona Cattle Amputation
An employee was repairing a patch in a grain trough that spans across from the corn bins to the steam closets. The employee reached under the trough to clean out some corn. His right middle finger got caught where the patch was going and he sustained an amputation at the nailbed.
Contact with objects and equipment (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Nov 5, 2020 · Green Plains Cattle Company Sublette Hospitalized
An employee was opening a gate when the horse he was riding slipped or bucked, then fell and landed on the employee. The employee suffered a crushed pelvis, with fractures to the pelvis and a lower-back vertebra.
Animal transportation incident (other) · Multiple trunk locations · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Mar 5, 2020 · Green Plains Cattle Company Sublette Hospitalized
A cowboy was walking his horse out of the horse barn to start the day. When he climbed on his horse it started to buck and he fell to the ground. He sustained fractured ribs and vertebrae, and a punctured lung.
Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden · Multiple body parts · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Dec 17, 2018 · Friona Cattle Feeders Hospitalized
An employee was on horseback checking cattle in pens. A cow scared the horse and the employee fell resulting in a broken ankle.
Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden · Ankle(s) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing · OSHA inspection 1403724
Sep 19, 2017 · Cattle Empire LLC Hospitalized
An employee was installing a tire on a trailer when the tire exploded, dislocating the employee's right hand and lacerating the right knee.
Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Upper and lower limb(s) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Jun 28, 2016 · Empire Calf Ranch Hospitalized
An employee was distributing milk bottles to calves when his right foot was caught between a walking deck and the suspension wheel of a trailer.
Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects · Foot (feet) · Wholesale trade
Jun 27, 2016 · Cattle Empire LLC Amputation
An employee was operating a front loader. His right hand was caught in the door when it closed and 1/3 of his right index finger was amputated.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Jun 22, 2016 · Barlett Cattle Company Hospitalized
An employee was walking through a pen when a steer bumped him. He hit a fence, breaking a bone in his leg.
Struck by animal (other) · Leg(s) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Jun 17, 2016 · T-L Irrigation Company Amputation
An employee was railing a pipe when his left-hand thumb was caught between the pipe flanges, causing an amputation.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Utilities · OSHA inspection 1157017
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
Lawbamba lists 159 workers compensation lawyers with an office in 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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