Memphis, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: General Motors (Memphis PDC)
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at General Motors (Memphis PDC) in 5115 Pleasant Hill RD, Memphis, TN 38118, Memphis, TN 38118 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was driver whse in automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- General Motors (Memphis PDC)
- Parent company
- General Motors
- Street
- 5115 Pleasant Hill RD, Memphis, TN 38118
- City
- Memphis
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 38118
- On-site location
- Main Aisle
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 1
Before the incident
Putting away materials on [REDACTED]
What happened
EE reports that after he was putting materials away on [REDACTED]-[REDACTED] he noticed a burning smell coming from his Yale Reach #12. EE believed that the battery had overheated and was smoking. EE then attempted to return the reach truck to its designated parking area to get the vehicle red tagged. As the vehicle was driving down the aisle the fumes and smell increased to the point where the EE felt unsafe and he parked the vehicle on the end of aisle [REDACTED]. At this time the EE reports that he developed symptoms of nausea lightheadedness and a cough from exposure to the fumes. EE reports as the night progressed he continually felt worse and developed SOB and chest from the inhalation of the fumes.
Injury or illness
Unspecified abnormalities of breathing bilateral lung
Object or substance involved
Fumes from Yale Reach #12
Summary line
Unspecified abnormalities of breathing bilateral lung-Fumes from [REDACTED] #12
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Driver WHSE
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 423120: Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 172
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 369,083
- Establishment ID
- 1096109
- Employer case #
- 2023-15393
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 20:00
- Time of incident
- 22:50
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-26
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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