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OSHA Injury Report: High Liner Foods Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at High Liner Foods Inc. in 1 Highliner Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801 resulted in days away from work. Employee was production Lead in seafood and seafood products manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
High Liner Foods Inc.
Parent company
High Liner Foods
Street
1 Highliner Avenue
City
Portsmouth
State
NH
ZIP
03801
On-site location
Production Wet End

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Assisting with opening cases of frozen fish block to get the line ready for production run.

What happened

Employee lifted a 60 lb. box (master case) of frozen fish block and felt immediate pain in lower back.

Injury or illness

L5 Spondylolysis & back strain

Object or substance involved

Ergonomic

Summary line

Back Pain from lifting master case of frozen fish [REDACTED]

Employee and industry

Job description
Production Lead
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
311710 — Seafood and seafood products manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
281
Total hours worked
585942
EIN
10246085
Establishment ID
801448
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
08FEB24:18:31:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.