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OSHA Injury Report: GM Defiance Operations

Other illness · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an other illness at GM Defiance Operations in 26427 OH-281, Defiance, OH 43512 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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
various jobs

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days restricted or transferred
104

Before the incident

unknown

What happened

TOI unknown I started to have right elbow pain [REDACTED] and it has gotten worse I have had the deep clean job pretty much that whole time I have done finishing jobs using the pneumatic tools and dropclean spraying boxes I work in I wear my safety glasses ear plugs and gloves

Injury or illness

Lateral epicondylitis right elbow

Object or substance involved

pneumatic tools

Summary line

Lateral epicondylitis right elbowpneumatic tools

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 #
2025a1560

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
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.