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OSHA Injury Report: Defiance Plant

Other illness · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an other illness at Defiance Plant in 26427 St Rt 281, Defiance, OH 43512 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator MFG.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Defiance Plant
Parent company
General Motors
Street
26427 St Rt 281
City
Defiance
State
OH
ZIP
43512
On-site location
Dept 410 Mod 4 Op 20

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

Getting PPE

What happened

[REDACTED] [REDACTED] I was dropping cleaning on top of [REDACTED] with the mixer I blew air into it with an air hose sand came back onto my face I rubbed blew the sand off my face continued cleaning The next day I had left ey

Injury or illness

Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of face

Object or substance involved

Sand

Summary line

Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of faceSand

Employee and industry

Job description
Operator MFG
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
331511
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
609
Total hours worked
1315356
EIN
128533358
Establishment ID
1087422
Employer case #
2024 15476

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
14:30
Time of incident
15:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
24FEB2025:14:39:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.