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OSHA Injury Report: Defiance Plant

Other illness · Days away from work

On , an other illness at Defiance Plant in Defiance, OH 43512 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator MFG.

Establishment
Defiance Plant
Parent company
General Motors
Street
26427 St Rt 281
City
Defiance
State
OH
ZIP
43512
On-site location
MOD 1
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days away from work
45
Days restricted or transferred
90

Using chisel to remove beer cans

DOI 62724 TOI unknown I am having left elbow pain from my job I think its from using the chisel to remove the beer cans and also from using the hoist It really started to bother me last night I work 2nd shift finishing since [REDACTED] My supe

Strain of other extensor muscle fascia and tendon at forearm level left arm

Beer can

Strain of other extensor muscle fascia and tendon at forearm level left armBeer can

Job description
Operator MFG
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
331511
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
609
Total hours worked
1315356
EIN
128533358
Establishment ID
1087422
Employer case #
2024 15480
Date of incident
Shift started
10:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
24FEB2025:14:39:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.