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

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Hobson & Motzer, LLC - Durham, CT in Durham, CT 6422 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator 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
Assembly Department
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Operator was reworking parts. The usual grip is to hold the tool lightly like a pencil to scrape weld balls off of parts.

The operator was reworking a large quantity of parts and developed pain in both wrists. Pain when gripping is worse the operator had been holding the tool and parts tighter than the should have been.

Strain in both wrists.

Repetitive motion & overuse.

Hand Wrist strain and weakness from overuse gripping

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
333514 — Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
238
Total hours worked
503497
Establishment ID
1337639
Employer case #
5
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
14:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16FEB26:18:46:00

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.