Grass Lake, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: Tenneco Automotive
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Tenneco Automotive in Grass Lake, MI 49240 resulted in days away from work. Employee was apprentice in exhaust systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Tenneco Automotive
- Parent company
- Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc
- Street
- 3901 Willis Road
- City
- Grass Lake
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49240
- On-site location
- Prototype Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 24
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
Working in the Prototype LVP Shop using a projection welder to projection weld a nut onto a bracket
What happened
While placing the nut onto the bracket the operator engaged the foot pedal. The projection welder cycled crushing and nipping the end of the operator’s thumb.
Injury or illness
Avulsion to the tip of the left thumb
Object or substance involved
Projection welder
Summary line
Avulsion of the left thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Apprentice
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 336390 — Exhaust systems and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 320
- Total hours worked
- 627200
- EIN
- 741933558
- Establishment ID
- 977227
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 13:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 24FEB26:13:22:00
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.