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OSHA Injury Report: Highliner foods

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Highliner foods in 190 enterprise drive, Newport News, VA 23603 resulted in days away from work. 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 1

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
58

Before the incident

Employee was loading baskets into former for start-up.

What happened

Employee removed bungee cord from arm causing the arm to fall and smash their finger

Injury or illness

Finger smashed by machine part

Object or substance involved

Contact with machine part.

Summary line

EE Release [REDACTED] cord while hand was under shaper arm. Arm fell causing a laceration and fractures to the hand

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 #
7

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
6:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
10FEB2025:14:19:00

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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.