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OSHA Injury Report: Washington Twp. Garage

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Washington Twp. Garage in One Penn Plaza East, Newark, NJ 07105 resulted in days away from work. Employee was oPERATOR in bus line operation, intercity.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Washington Twp. Garage
Parent company
New Jersey Transit
Street
One Penn Plaza East
City
Newark
State
NJ
ZIP
07105
On-site location
Lafayette St and Elmira St Cape May

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
36

Before the incident

Driving bus.

What happened

Pulling brake and felt excruciating pain shoot up his right hand. Afterwards he could not bring finger back to make a fist.

Injury or illness

Strain of right hand and fingers

Object or substance involved

Action of pulling on brake handle

Summary line

Strained right hand when pulling on the brake while driving bus.

Employee and industry

Job description
OPERATOR
SOC code
53-3052 — Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
NAICS code
485210 — Bus line operation, intercity
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
322
Total hours worked
664560
EIN
221212530
Establishment ID
1068666
Employer case #
FY23-04451

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:26:00.000
Time of incident
13:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
08FEB24:14:44:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.