Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gategroup, 233 Miller Street, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07114
on — Fractures , affecting the Wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee loaded his truck. The dock plate was stuck under the carrier dolly and he could not lift the dock plate from the side while standing on the dock. The employee entered the truck and pushed the dolly away from the dock plate. This allowed him to lift the plate from inside the truck. While lifting the plate, his body shifted forward, and he fell between the dock and the truck, resulting in a fractured left wrist.
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