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Defiance, OH —

OSHA Injury Report: Defiance Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury 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
Shakeout MOD 4

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
11

Before the incident

pushing on air lockout

What happened

[REDACTED] 82924 TOI 0740 At the air lockout inside shakeout I was trying to turn the air off and put my lock on it and I tried to push on it but it wouldnt go so I pushed hard and my right ring finger got inched between the bottom of the T handle and

Injury or illness

Laceration without foreign body of right ring finger without damage to nail

Object or substance involved

T handlesafety collar

Summary line

Laceration without foreign body of right ring finger without damage to nailT handlesafety collar

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 15490

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
7:40
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.