Defiance, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: GM Defiance Operations
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at GM Defiance Operations in 26427 OH-281, Defiance, OH 43512 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator MFG in iron foundries.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- GM Defiance Operations
- Parent company
- GM Defiance Operations
- Street
- 26427 OH-281
- City
- Defiance
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 43512
- On-site location
- Sand silo in yard
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 179
- Days restricted or transferred
- 1
Before the incident
Opened rail car walking to pickup to get rail car inbound numbers
What happened
I was opening rail car walking to pickup rail car inbound numbers There were icy conditions with low level lighting or no lighting and I slipped on the ice My left knee buckled fell to the ground and I struck the back of my head on cement I work first shift as a locomotive driver
Injury or illness
Laceration of left quadriceps muscle fascia and tendon
Object or substance involved
Ice
Summary line
Laceration of left quadriceps muscle fascia and tendonIce
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator MFG
- SOC code
- 51-4199: Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 331511: Iron foundries
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 542
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,410,860
- EIN
- 270383222
- Establishment ID
- 1438712
- Employer case #
- 2025a1551
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:00
- Time of incident
- 06:00
- 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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