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OSHA Injury Report: HMF Norton

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at HMF Norton in Norton, MA 2766 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was distribution Specialist in warehousing, refrigerated.

Establishment
HMF Norton
Parent company
Home Market Foods
Street
380 S Worcester Street
City
Norton
State
MA
ZIP
2766
On-site location
Shift 1
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Inspection and removal of truck seal

The EE was accompanied by a driver as they made their way to a truck to inspect a seal. The EE attempted to cut the seal using bolt cutters and after some difficulty he lost control of the handle which struck the left side of his upper rib cage causing a sharp pain

Bruise

Bolt cutter handle

Bruise to Left Chest Ribs caused by Bolt cutter handle

Job description
Distribution Specialist
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
493120 — Warehousing, refrigerated
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
23
Total hours worked
60230
EIN
043263154
Establishment ID
1464158
Employer case #
IN-202506
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
13:44
Filing year
2025
Submitted
14FEB26:00:18:00

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.