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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.

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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
Avg employees
524
Total hours worked
936509
EIN
41123650
Establishment ID
751784
Employer case #
34

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:26
Time of incident
4:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
09JAN2025:18:45:00

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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.