Buffalo, NY ·
OSHA Injury Report: General Motors Tonawanda Engine
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness at General Motors Tonawanda Engine in 2995 River Rd, Buffalo, NY 14207 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was material Operator MFG in motors, gear, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- General Motors Tonawanda Engine
- Parent company
- General Motors
- Street
- 2995 River Rd
- City
- Buffalo
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 14207
- On-site location
- K13
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
Lifting plastic lids off of engine blocks
What happened
LOC K13 block job in front of mod 4 From lifting lids off blocks and placing them on the cart my right shoulder started hurting It started over the [REDACTED] I also have to lift the lids off the cart and place them back on the blocks The lids are plastic and weigh about 2530 pounds They are about 3x5 feet and flat I have to lift them at eye level Righthanded
Injury or illness
Strain of muscles and tendons of the rotator cuff of right shoulder
Object or substance involved
Lifting of plastic lids off of engine blocks from eye level height
Summary line
Strain of muscles and tendons of the rotator cuff of right shoulderLifting of plastic lids off of engine blocks from eye level height
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Material Operator MFG
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 333612: Motors, gear, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 873
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,860,220
- EIN
- 270383222
- Establishment ID
- 796905
- Employer case #
- 2025A1560
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-20
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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