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OSHA Injury Report: General Motors Tonawanda Engine

Other illness · Other recordable case

On , an other illness at General Motors Tonawanda Engine in Buffalo, NY 14207 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was material Operator MFG in motors, gear, manufacturing.

Establishment
General Motors Tonawanda Engine
Parent company
General Motors
Street
2995 River Rd
City
Buffalo
State
NY
ZIP
14207
On-site location
K13
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Lifting plastic lids off of engine blocks

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

Strain of muscles and tendons of the rotator cuff of right shoulder

Lifting of plastic lids off of engine blocks from eye level height

Strain of muscles and tendons of the rotator cuff of right shoulderLifting of plastic lids off of engine blocks from eye level height

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
Avg employees
873
Total hours worked
1860220
EIN
270383222
Establishment ID
796905
Employer case #
2025A1560
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20FEB26:18:30:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.