Norton, MA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Horizon Beverage Company, Inc.
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Horizon Beverage Company, Inc. in 45 Commerce Way, Norton, MA 2766 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was night Warehouse in alcoholic beverages, wine and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Horizon Beverage Company, Inc.
- Parent company
- Horizon Beverage Company
- Street
- 45 Commerce Way
- City
- Norton
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 2766
- On-site location
- Employee was working on a forklift, lifting pallets.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was working on the forklift lifting pallets.
What happened
As he was using the forklift to lift pallets the top of the pallet hit a metal bar at the top of the opening. As he pushed the pallet forward the cases fell on top of the forklift causing the bottles to break. A piece of broken glass from the bottle hit the employee 's head causing a laceration to his right ear. No lost time received stitches on right ear.
Injury or illness
Laceration to right ear.
Object or substance involved
Broken glass from falling bottle.
Summary line
As he was using the forklift to lift pallets the top of the pallet hit a metal bar at the top of the opening. As he pushed the pallet forward the cases fell on top of the forklift causing the bottles to break. A piece of broken glass from the bottle hit
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Night Warehouse
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 424820: Alcoholic beverages, wine and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 524
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 936,509
- EIN
- 41123650
- Establishment ID
- 751784
- Employer case #
- 34
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:26
- Time of incident
- 04:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-09
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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