GENERAL MOTORS

An employee was moving a tool box when its top drawer started to open. While the employee was stabilizing the tool box and drawers, their left middle and ring fingertips were amputated through the nailbeds. The fingertips were surgically reattached.

An employee was assessing an overhead stamping press door for alignment issues when the counterbalance moved and their left thumb was caught between the chain and the sprocket. The thumb was amputated. The door was locked out/tagged out at the time but gravitational pull was not controlled.

An employee dropped off an empty dolly train and moved his tugger over to a full material train that was waiting. He was then walking around the material train to validate it, and was struck by a forward-moving forklift. The forklift tire rolled over the employee's right foot/toes, fracturing four toes. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was conducting assembly line activities on the front driver's side of a van when she tripped and fell backward to the floor, landing on her back. The employee sustained a compression fracture to a vertebra.

An employee was driving a forklift when it struck a structural steel column, which separated the mast from the forklift. The right side of the employee's skull struck a front support post in the forklift cabin, and the employee suffered a neck fracture and a concussion.

An employee was drying and finishing vehicles when a vehicle door closed on their left middle fingertip and amputated it.

An employee was climbing down from a tractor trailer bed when they lost their footing and grabbed onto the roll-up door to stop the fall. The roll-up door then fell onto the employee's hand, resulting in a hand fracture that required surgery.

An employee was attempting to remove a tarp from a flatbed trailer when the trailer handle struck the employee in the chest, resulting in two broken ribs and a punctured lung.

An employee was near a backhoe while the operator was getting a broom. The broom handle struck the lever that actuates the swing of the backhoe bucket. The bucket then struck the injured employee, pinning him to the outrigger. The employee suffered crush injuries to the chest.

The injured employee was being trained on loading trucks in the load out bay. The injured employee and his supervisor climbed the stairs that run parallel to the truck and trailer, walked to the upper platform used for observation and sample taking, and saw that the lid of the grain trailer was closed. The employees began working to open the lid which appeared to be stuck due to cold weather. The injured employee pulled on one of the pivot arms that connect the lid to the main body of the trailer. As the lid began to open, the employee s right hand slipped down on the pivot arm and his index finger was caught between the pivot arm and the base of the pivot arm. The employee s right index finger was fractured and three nerves were severed. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was walking on a dock plate to open the door for the next trailer. He tripped on a cargo strap that was laying on the dock and fell. The employee sustained a fractured right hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

On September 18, 2025, an employee was rolling a stack of two steel racks containing automobile bumpers when the top rack dropped, pinching their right little finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation.

An employee spent about 4 1/2 hours working outdoors, servicing a boom lift on a truck. He was hospitalized with heat stress.

An employee was exiting an ambulance when his foot slipped, causing him to hit either the portable aluminum step or the concrete floor. He suffered a broken left elbow.

Two employees were sliding a 200-pound steel mounting plate off a worktable onto the forks of a forklift. They slid the plate until it was half on the table and half on the forklift, and were making an adjustment to get the plate fully on the forklift when the plate pinched one employee's left ring finger. He suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.