General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc.

Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — MARION, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc. in MARION, ILLINOIS
Employer General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc. Report ID 2025021292
Address 6658 Route 148 City, State ZIP MARION, ILLINOIS 62959
Event Date February 10, 2025 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running Source of Injury Skids, pallets
Secondary Source Secondary source not applicable
Industry (NAICS) 332993 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 37.69000, -88.94000

Incident Narrative

At about 2:15 p.m. on February 10, 2025, employees were unloading pallets of propellant into a storage warehouse. The pallets were double stacked, and a top-loaded pallet had shifted in transit. Two employees were manually moving the pallet when the fiber packs shifted, causing one employee's left index finger to be pinched between the fiber pack and the pallet. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Incident Summary

On February 10, 2025, a worker at General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc. in MARION, ILLINOIS suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running, with skids, pallets identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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