Burlington, VT —
OSHA Injury Report: Rhino Foods Plant
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Rhino Foods Plant in 179 Queen City Park Road, Burlington, VT 5401 resulted in days away from work. Employee was autonomous Process Technician in frozen Cakes, Pies, and Other Pastries Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Rhino Foods Plant
- Parent company
- Rhino Foods, Inc.
- Street
- 179 Queen City Park Road
- City
- Burlington
- State
- VT
- ZIP
- 5401
- On-site location
- North Warehouse
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
Injured worker engaged in horseplay with driver of forklift.
What happened
While standing behind the forklift injured worker startled the driver by rubbing his shoulder. Driver hit the gas pedal causing the back wheels of forklift to run over injured worker 's foot and he fell down. Multiple injuries both legs feet.
Injury or illness
Employee startled driver of forklift who jumped and moved foot to gas causing forklift to roll backwards over employee 's foot. Slip fall multiple fractures left leg and right foot.
Object or substance involved
forklift
Summary line
While standing behind the forklift injured worker startled the driver by rubbing his shoulder. Driver hit the gas pedal causing the back wheels of forklift to run over injured worker 's foot and he fell down. Multiple injuries both legs feet.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Autonomous Process Technician
- SOC code
- 51-3092 — Food Batchmakers
- NAICS code
- 311813 — Frozen Cakes, Pies, and Other Pastries Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 181
- Total hours worked
- 319497
- EIN
- 30280666
- Establishment ID
- 1139023
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 14:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 14JAN2025:14:50:00
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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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