ARLINGTON, TEXAS—
General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant, 2525 East Abram Street, ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76010 on — Fractures , affecting the Knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee slipped on ice in a parking lot, fell to the asphalt, and suffered a shattered right kneecap. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
More severe injuries at General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant
ARLINGTON, TEXAS—
General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant
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.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS—
General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant
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.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS—
General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant
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.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS—
General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant
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.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS—
General Motors Arlington Assembly Plant
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.
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