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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Saia Motor Freight Line

Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Hernias

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Saia Motor Freight Line, 580 Delancey Street, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07105 on — Hernias, affecting the Intestines, peritoneum unspecified.

An employee was helping another employee lift a brake drum onto a forklift. Fifteen minutes after, the injured employee began experiencing stomach pain. The employee was hospitalized with a hernia.

Hospitalized Intestines, peritoneum unspecified Brake assemblies

Saia Motor Freight Line

While walking through a warehouse facility that was being renovated, an employee fell through a floor hole where a grate had recently been removed. The employee sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Saia Motor Freight Line

An employee was moving a pallet from side to side using a pallet jack when he felt a pop in his stomach due to a hernia.

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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.

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

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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.