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OSHA Injury Report: 7218_18772

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at 7218_18772 in 553 Main Street, East Orange, NJ 07018 resulted in days away from work. Employee was carpenter.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
7218_18772
Parent company
Nordic Contracting
Street
553 Main Street
City
East Orange
State
NJ
ZIP
07018
On-site location
premises

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
6
Days restricted or transferred
53

Before the incident

The employee was stripping the underside of a supported slab in Area A by Column Line T. He was manually pulling DOKA beams and plywood with his hands while standing on top OSHA plank on a scaffold.

What happened

The employee was using his right hand to pull out a DOKA beam from the scaffold posts when it became dislodged and fell onto his left hand which was resting on the top rung of the scaffold.

Injury or illness

crushed left index finger that will require surgery to repair.

Object or substance involved

plywood

Summary line

Crushed left finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Carpenter
SOC code
47-2031 — Carpenters
NAICS code
238110
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
372
Total hours worked
768235
EIN
223257632
Establishment ID
1156582
Employer case #
13928833

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
8:15:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
23FEB24:19:58:00

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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.