JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY—
Weeks Marine Inc.
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Weeks Marine Inc., Foot of Colony Road, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY 07305 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was moving a winch on a cart when a drain in the floor caused the cart to tip and the winch to fall. While trying to grab the falling winch, the employee's thumb was smashed against the floor.
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