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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Maher Terminals Inc.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Maher Terminals Inc., 1210 Corbin St., ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY 07201 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

A crane mechanic was unlocking a stuck twist lock on a crane spreader when the tip of his left thumb was pinched in the twist-lock mechanism, resulting in an amputation.

Hospitalized Amputation Fingertip(s) Cranes, unspecified

Maher Terminals Inc.

An employee was using a handheld grinder when the grinding disc failed and shrapnel from the disc lacerated his left forearm.

MAHER TERMINALS, INC.

An employee was driving a straddle when the equipment tipped over.

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TForce Freight

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

Liveo Research, Inc.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

Best Pump and Flow

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Lasseter Tractor Company. Inc.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

Tropical Shipping USA, LLC

An employee was conducting welding repairs inside a ballast water tank on a docked ship. The employee began to experience signs of heat exhaustion, resulting in hospitalization.

Delaware River Stevedores

An employee was stacking steel pipes and securing loose pieces when a unit rolled from the stack and struck his lower right leg. He sustained a lower right leg fracture.

Johnston's Port 33, Inc.

An employee was removing sheet metal from a flat roof. He unhooked his personal fall arrest system (PFAS) to walk to a different location. He stepped on an unsupported end of the sheet metal and the sheet metal folded, causing the employee to fall approximately 15 feet to the cement floor. The employee sustained fractures to his wrist, hip, and femur.

Ports America

An employee was opening the door of a container. His finger got caught between the container doors, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

CSA Equipment Company, LLC

An employee was removing bailing wire from the floor. As they bent down to pick up the wire, a strand of bailing wire that was sticking up from the floor went under his safety glasses and struck his eye.

JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

APM TERMINALS PORT ELIZABETH

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

Allied Waste Systems Inc

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

Fitness International, LLC

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

Bristol Myers Squibb

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.