Durham, CT —
OSHA Injury Report: Hobson & Motzer, LLC - Durham, CT
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
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.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Laceration on hand from compressed gas.
Object or substance involved
Compressed gas from ruptured hydraulic cylinder.
Summary line
Laceration on hand from compressd gas
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 16FEB26:14:09:00
Source
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.