Defiance, OH —
OSHA Injury Report: GM Defiance Operations
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at GM Defiance Operations in Defiance, OH 43512 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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
- Mod 4 OP 130 Attrition Mill
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 6
Before the incident
The employee was trying to use a hoist to lower a V6 engine block
What happened
My Supervisor told me to do something out of my job description My Supervisor wanted me to help the Skill Trades lower a V6 engine block in Mod 4 OP [REDACTED] My team leader handed me the hoist with an engine block on it that was in the incorrect position I tried to maneuver it to put it in the correct position when the block fell on my right knee and left shin No witnesses Employee works in Dept 430 Precision Sand Finishing Employees Group Leader PPE worn glasses ear plugs gloves dust mask
Injury or illness
Contusion of right knee
Object or substance involved
V6 engine block
Summary line
Contusion of right kneeV6 engine block
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
- Avg employees
- 542
- Total hours worked
- 1410860
- EIN
- 270383222
- Establishment ID
- 1438712
- Employer case #
- 2025a1560
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:30
- Time of incident
- 0:05
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 20FEB26:20:04:00
Source
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.