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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 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
CNC Department
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
23

Technician was moving buckets containing metal chips to empty them to prevent them from getting dangerously heavy. Tech then proceeded to swap out pallets on a CNC machine (not wooden pallets trays for parts).

While technician was moving and lifting the pallets and totes containing parts up to a cart he swung his left arm up with the pallet and felt a jerking pain.

Left upper arm strain

Tight area that operator was working in improper lifting technique (should have lifted up the pallet with both hands rather than swinging it up and over the cart).

Left upper arm strain from improper movement

Job description
Technician Level
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
333514 — Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
238
Total hours worked
503497
Establishment ID
1337639
Employer case #
10
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
17:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16FEB26:19:51:00

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.