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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 - Coater
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
49

Operator was unloading the coater machine. They hung one bar on the coater racks with no issue. The process involves a bar holding parts with hooks on either end to run through the coater. After the cycle is complete it is moved to a rack where the parts cool down. He then tried to load another one above it like he is supposed to but the bar misaligned with the rack.

The bar he was loading on to the rack swung down toward the operator 's hand as one of the hooks did not catch the rack. It pinched his finger for a split second before he pulled away.

Finger pinch

The way the bars hook on to the rack leaves little space for error. The bar dropping from it not being hung properly led to the finger pinch.

Finger Pinch from falling object

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 #
8
Date of incident
Time of incident
16:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16FEB26:19:01:00

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.