Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-22 | Carteret | Nj | Aquamar, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee had been sanitizing a portable conveyor belt. While moving a section of the conveyor system, the employee's right index finger was caught by a tire of the conveyor system and their fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2021-03-01 | Carteret | Nj | UPS Freight Service Center | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was unloading a truck when he slipped inside the trailer and fell, resulting in head and spine injuries. | |||||
2020-10-01 | Carteret | Nj | Aquamar, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
A temporary employee was tasked with releasing water from the pasteurizer. As she opened the main double doors, boiling water was released and the employee suffered burns to her hands and legs while closing the doors. | |||||
2020-09-28 | Carteret | Nj | ProStaff | Upper and lower limb(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee opened a hatch on a pasteurizer. Hot water sprayed out and burned her hands and legs. | |||||
2020-03-10 | Carteret | New Jersey | McDonald's | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
While cleaning a dining room, an employee tripped on a customer's foot, fell to the floor, and suffered a bruised wrist and dizziness. | |||||
2020-02-10 | Carteret | New Jersey | NuWorld Corporation | Neck and back | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee suffered burns to the neck and back from hot water and steam while cleaning a processing kettle. | |||||
2019-06-13 | Carteret | New Jersey | Motts, LLP / DBA Dr. Pepper Snapple Group | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was removing a filter screen while cleaning a line for a flavor change when hot water sprayed out from the pressurized filter and contacted the employee. The employee was hospitalized with first degree burns to the torso, arms, and upper legs. | |||||
2019-03-29 | Carteret | New Jersey | Clean Earth of Carteret | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was climbing down a fixed ladder when the open end of a stanchion caught a ring on his finger. He suffered a severe laceration to the third phalange, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2019-03-20 | Carteret | New Jersey | Performance Team | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a powered industrial truck when his leg was pinned to a guardrail. | |||||
2019-02-28 | Carteret | New Jersey | Harbor Frieght Transportation Corporation | Hand(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee's hand was crushed on a flatbed. | |||||
2019-01-31 | Carteret | New Jersey | UPS FREIGHT | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was sweeping out the back of a trailer at a loading dock when the driver began to reposition the vehicle. The employee tried to exit the trailer onto the loading dock but missed and hit the ground, fracturing the right ankle, tibia, and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2018-01-16 | Carteret | New Jersey | Amazon Fulfillment | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
An employee's foot was caught between a forklift and railing. | |||||
2017-10-17 | Carteret | New Jersey | C & W Services | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to repair a conveyor system when his arm was caught between the conveyor belt and guard, suffering multiple closed fractures. | |||||
2017-07-17 | Carteret | New Jersey | Amazon Fulfillment Services Inc. | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
On 7/17/17, an employee was driving a stand-up riding forklift truck and negotiating a turn when the forklift struck a column. His left leg was crushed in the collision, suffering multiple fractures. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2015-12-07 | Carteret | New Jersey | Schless Bottles | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was drilling a metal bracket onto a machine and was struck by the bracket, suffering an eye injury. | |||||
2015-02-03 | Carteret | New Jersey | Sunbelt Rentals | Nonclassifiable | Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway |
Carteret Police called and notified office that a truck tipped over and hit a cell tower. |