Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at General Motors
Start: 4/29/2025

1 amputation · 2025044008 · 4/29/2025 · General Motors

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source: Boxes, crates, cartons
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: General Motors
Location: 1500 East Route A, WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI, 63385
NAICS: 336111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving a tool box when its top drawer started to open. While the employee was stabilizing the tool box and drawers, their left middle and ring fingertips were amputated through the nailbeds. The fingertips were surgically reattached.

Source

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