General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc.
Exposure to environmental heat indoor · Effects of heat n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc., 156 Cedar Avenue, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18505
on — Effects of heat n.e.c., affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
On July 10, 2024, an employee developed a heat-related illness and was hospitalized with dehydration.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Heat environmental
More severe injuries at General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc.
At about 2:15 p.m. on February 10, 2025, employees were unloading pallets of propellant into a storage warehouse. The pallets were double stacked, and a top-loaded pallet had shifted in transit. Two employees were manually moving the pallet when the fiber packs shifted, causing one employee's left index finger to be pinched between the fiber pack and the pallet. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.
A CNC operator was trying to replace a bearing in the hydraulically operated steadying fixture in a CNC machine. The fixture retracted, amputating the end of his right thumb.
An employee was changing an insert in the tool head of a CNC machine. The employee had stepped up approximately 28 inches onto the door track of the machine. When the employee went to step back down to the floor, they lost balance and fell backward onto a rack of metal parts. The employee sustained a compression fracture to the spine.
An employee was adjusting a switch on the loading cradle for a metal tracer lathe. The machine cycled, resulting in an amputation to the left index fingertip.
An employee was working on the grill when they began to feel ill. The employee was hospitalized to treat heat-related illness. The air conditioning was not working at the location.
An employee had been working in a fabrication area conducting preassembly of solar modules. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness, rhabdomyolysis, and renal failure.
An employee was working in the baking chambers of the tire retread center for 5.5-6 hours in approximately 100-degree heat. He developed severe pain and full body cramping. The employee was hospitalized with severe dehydration and heat exhaustion resulting in back pain and a kidney injury.
On August 8, 2025, an employee developed muscle cramps and dizziness. Later, while working on a plant floor, he developed full-body cramps. He was hospitalized, suffering from head exhaustion.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332994)
An employee was clearing a firearm that had a jam in it. To disassemble the firearm, the employee was required to pull the trigger to remove the slide. During this process, the firearm discharged and the employee suffered a bullet wound to his left hand.
An employee was manually adding soda ash into a tank of heated water while on a mobile ladder. The fluid in the tank began to boil over the sides. The employee went to exit the mobile ladder to avoid the boiling liquid that was beginning to contact their lower legs. The employee lost balance and fell approximately 4 feet to the concrete below. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery for a dislocated left knee and thermal burns to the lower portion of both legs.
An employee was changing the bit on a horizontal gun drill. The wrench slipped while tightening a collet and the employee's left little finger was fractured and partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning off metal flakes from a broaching machine/metal shaver when the machine activated and the blade cycled. The machine contacted the employee's finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.