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OSHA Injury Report: Highliner foods

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Highliner foods in 190 enterprise drive, Newport News, VA 23603 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was general Laborer in dinners, frozen seafood, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Highliner foods
Parent company
High Liner Foods
Street
190 enterprise drive
City
Newport News
State
VA
ZIP
23603
On-site location
Production wet end line 4

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
6

Before the incident

Positioning metal detector unit at front end of line 4 near the grinder equipment.

What happened

Utilizing a floor jack to elevate the unit. As the EE adjusted the metal detectors feet on the opposite side of the floor jack

Injury or illness

Back sore

Object or substance involved

Metal detector

Summary line

Positioning metal detector EE was utilizing a floor jack to elevate the unit. As the EE adjusted the metal detectors feet on the opposite side of the floor jack the equipment tilted and struck the EE on their mid-back region causing strain.

Employee and industry

Job description
General Laborer
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
311710 — Dinners, frozen seafood, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
300
Total hours worked
505848
Establishment ID
1293554
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:30
Time of incident
6:33
Filing year
2024
Submitted
10FEB2025:13:26:00

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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.