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Defiance, OH —

OSHA Injury Report: GM Defiance Operations

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at GM Defiance Operations in 26427 OH-281, Defiance, OH 43512 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator MFG in iron foundries.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
GM Defiance Operations
Parent company
GM Defiance Operations
Street
26427 OH-281
City
Defiance
State
OH
ZIP
43512
On-site location
Sand silo in yard

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
179
Days restricted or transferred
1

Before the incident

Opened rail car walking to pickup to get rail car inbound numbers

What happened

I was opening rail car walking to pickup rail car inbound numbers There were icy conditions with low level lighting or no lighting and I slipped on the ice My left knee buckled fell to the ground and I struck the back of my head on cement I work first shift as a locomotive driver

Injury or illness

Laceration of left quadriceps muscle fascia and tendon

Object or substance involved

Ice

Summary line

Laceration of left quadriceps muscle fascia and tendonIce

Employee and industry

Job description
Operator MFG
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
331511 — Iron foundries
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
542
Total hours worked
1410860
EIN
270383222
Establishment ID
1438712
Employer case #
2025a1551

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
4:00
Time of incident
6:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20FEB26:20:04:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.