Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walong Marketing Inc., 95 Caven Point Road, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY 07305
on — Sprains, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was in a trailer at a loading dock unloading goods when he fell to the floor. The employee sustained a sprained left knee.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
A forklift was unloading a pallet jack from a rental truck when the pallet jack fell off the raised forks and struck an employee as she was working to steady the load. She sustained a right thigh fracture along with scrapes and bruises.
An employee was grabbing his personal belongings from a supply shelf in a backroom. The shelf was above a pallet of butcher wrap paper that had a zip tie on it. The employee's foot became caught in the zip tie, causing him to lose his balance and fall onto the floor on his left side. The employee sustained a hip fracture and was hospitalized.
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.
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.
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.