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OSHA Injury Report: Port Newark Auto Terminal

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Port Newark Auto Terminal in 325 Distribution Street, Newark, NJ 7114 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was driversther in stevedoring services.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Port Newark Auto Terminal
Parent company
Ports America
Street
325 Distribution Street
City
Newark
State
NJ
ZIP
7114
On-site location
Ramp from deck 10 to deck 11

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Driving Van on vessel

What happened

During vessel operations the assigned traffic longshoreman ( [REDACTED] with WF# - 85612 ) was instructed to direct big vans to the lower decks of the vessel and the minivans up towards the upper decks of the vessel due to height restrictions on the upper decks. As driver ( [REDACTED] with WF # - 84332 ) was bringing drivers to discharge units he was instructed by the assigned traffic person ( [REDACTED] with WF# - 85612 ) who was previously instructed to send the big vans to lower decks and minivans to the upper decks to proceed to the upper decks. On his way to the upper decks the van did not fit on the deck 11 and it scrapped the ceiling of the vessel resulting in scraping the roof of the van. No drivers were reported hurt at the time of the incident. At the time of the drug test being administered driver ( [REDACTED] with WF # - 84332) claimed to have injured his elbow from the impact. Every other driver inside the van returned to work with out any problems.

Injury or illness

No Physical Injury

Object or substance involved

van

Summary line

No physical injury; elbow; [REDACTED]

Employee and industry

Job description
Driversther
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
488320 — Stevedoring services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
103
Total hours worked
213656
Establishment ID
1284758
Employer case #
WC20240201

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
13:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
04FEB2025:16:42:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.