Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at GENERAL MOTORS
Start: 3/21/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025032691 · 3/21/2025 · GENERAL MOTORS

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thumb(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source: Stamping machinery, presses except printing
Secondary source: Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name: GENERAL MOTORS
Location: 1500 East Route A, WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI, 63385
NAICS: 336112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assessing an overhead stamping press door for alignment issues when the counterbalance moved and their left thumb was caught between the chain and the sprocket. The thumb was amputated. The door was locked out/tagged out at the time but gravitational pull was not controlled.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown