Newport News, VA —
OSHA Injury Report: Highliner foods
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Highliner foods in Newport News, VA 23603 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was general Laborer in dinners, frozen seafood, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Highliner foods
- Parent company
- High Liner Foods
- Street
- 190 enterprise drive
- City
- Newport News
- State
- VA
- ZIP
- 23603
- On-site location
- Production wet end line 4
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 6
Before the incident
Positioning metal detector unit at front end of line 4 near the grinder equipment.
What happened
Utilizing a floor jack to elevate the unit. As the EE adjusted the metal detectors feet on the opposite side of the floor jack
Injury or illness
Back sore
Object or substance involved
Metal detector
Summary line
Positioning metal detector EE was utilizing a floor jack to elevate the unit. As the EE adjusted the metal detectors feet on the opposite side of the floor jack the equipment tilted and struck the EE on their mid-back region causing strain.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- General Laborer
- SOC code
- 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 311710 — Dinners, frozen seafood, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 300
- Total hours worked
- 505848
- Establishment ID
- 1293554
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:30
- Time of incident
- 6:33
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 10FEB2025:13:26:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.