Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant, 2525 East Abram Street, ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76010
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was trying to install two fasteners that hold a dashboard instrument panel onto a firewall. The employee was wearing gloves; a finger on the glove got caught between the socket and the fastener, pulling the employee's finger into the socket and amputating it at the base.
An employee was walking in a parking lot while returning from lunch when she tripped and fell to the ground, resulting in injuries to their right hip, hamstring, and upper calf.
An employee was working on a production line installing shear mount devices to a truck frame. As she was installing the second shear mount to the frame, the employee's left foot and ankle contacted the carrier draw bar and running gear below the floor. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the back of her lower leg and foot area.
An employee was descending a stairway. His right heel caught in a gap between a riser and a tread and he fell at the second step from the floor, turning as he fell. He broke both bones in his right ankle.
An employee was walking in the plant and collided with another employee and fell to the floor. The employee suffered two separated vertebrae, six broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a broken right arm.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 336111)
An employee was using a battery-powered torque tool to fasten a bolt. The tool was activated and the socket of the tool rotated and pulled in their gloved left hand. The employee sustained a left index fingertip amputation.
An employee was inspecting a casted part that weighed 330 pounds. The part fell from a lift assist onto the employee, striking his upper right arm and head. He suffered burns to the upper right arm and was hospitalized.
On June 4, 2025, an employee was skimming molten aluminum when it dripped down from the skimming spoon onto the employee's left pant leg, burning the top of their left foot. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
On June 3, 2025, the injured employee was setting a mold with a co-worker when the mold was displaced and caught their right hand against the stop block. The employee sustained a fracture and partial amputation of their middle finger.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.