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OSHA Injury Report: Hobson & Motzer, LLC - Durham, CT

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Hobson & Motzer, LLC - Durham, CT in Durham, CT 6422 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Technician Level in cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing.

Establishment
Hobson & Motzer, LLC - Durham, CT
Parent company
Vantedge Medical
Street
30 Airline Drive
City
Durham
State
CT
ZIP
6422
On-site location
Maintenance Crib
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Cutting different pieces of steel to get into smaller sizes for the scrap metal barrel. Began cutting up chair that was to be disposed of.

Operator assumed that the cylinder on the chair was spring loaded. When he cut into it pressurized gas released causing a laceration that required stitches.

Laceration on hand from compressed gas.

Compressed gas from ruptured hydraulic cylinder.

Laceration on hand from compressd gas

Job description
Maintenance Technician Level
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
333514 — Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
238
Total hours worked
503497
Establishment ID
1337639
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Time of incident
14:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16FEB26:14:09:00

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.