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OSHA Injury Report: Dawn Food Products - Northeast Distribution

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Dawn Food Products - Northeast Distribution in 30 Knox Drive, Piscataway, NJ 08854 resulted in days away from work. Employee was driver in warehousing and Distribution.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Dawn Food Products - Northeast Distribution
Parent company
Dawn Food Products, Inc.
Street
30 Knox Drive
City
Piscataway
State
NJ
ZIP
08854
On-site location
Kohlers Bakery

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Before the incident

Driver was on the lift gate as it was being raised to put the cart back on the trailer

What happened

Driver dropped the handle to the cart and went to grab is getting is finger caught in between the lift gate and the trailer

Injury or illness

Nature of InjuryIllness Amputation Body Parts Hand Finger 1 IndexRight

Object or substance involved

Lift gate

Summary line

Nature of InjuryIllness Amputation Cause of InjuryIllnessCaught in under or between Machine or Machinery Body Parts Hand Finger 1 IndexRight Object Substance Lift gate

Employee and industry

Job description
Driver
SOC code
53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
NAICS code
493120 — Warehousing and Distribution
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
83
Total hours worked
153346
EIN
351438925
Establishment ID
595893
Employer case #
US-NORTHEA

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
4:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:45:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:23:53:00

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Source

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