DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2020-06-02Gloucester CityNew JerseyWorld PackArm(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing debris from a machine. Power was turned back on, and his right arm was pulled under a roller and broken.
2018-08-10New GloucesterMaineMcCann FabricationBrainNonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was driving a forklift when he struck a pallet of pipes. A pipe then hit his head, causing head trauma that required hospitalization.
2018-07-28GloucesterMassachusettBOMCO, INC.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was forming aluminum sheets in a press brake when he suffered the amputation of the tip of the fingernail and skin on right index finger.
2017-10-17New GloucesterMaineMCCANN FABRICATIONFingertip(s)Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was removing or changing three dies on a hydraulic press brake when the top die, weighing approximately 250 pounds, fell and crushed the employee's left index fingertip. The fingertip had to be surgically amputated to the bottom of the nail.
2017-08-18Gloucester CityNew JerseyGloucester Terminals, LLC.BODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee began to experience arm and leg cramps while slinging slabs in the hold of a ship, requiring hospitalization for possible heat exhaustion.
2017-08-12Gloucester CityNew JerseyThermoseal Industries LLC.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting a piece of metal with a shear machine when the machine amputated the employee's thumb tip. The machine was unguarded at the time.
2017-04-12Gloucester CityNew JerseyHolt LogisticsFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was hospitalized after his fingers were crushed when a slab was lowered onto them.
2017-02-10GloucesterMassachusettApplied Materials NonclassifiableOther fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder while cleaning snow from a vent. The employee sustained several injuries and was hospitalized.
2017-01-11Gloucester CityNew JerseyGloucester Terminal LLCFoot (feet)Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was signaling a load into the terminal when his foot got caught in the chain rigging as it moved. The employee suffered multiple foot fractures.
2016-09-14GloucesterMassachusettNational Fish & Seafood, Inc.Multiple body partsExposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
On 9/14/16, an employee was transferring cleaning chemical from a 55-gallon drum into a larger tote when the chemical transfer pump blew a hose off the hose bar and sprayed chemicals on the employee's face, arms, and torso. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns.
2016-07-29Gloucester CityNew JerseyGloucester Terminals, LLC.Leg(s)Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was helping to place chocks under a rail loaded on a truck. The rail fell off the truck and fractured his left leg.
2016-06-18Gloucester CityNew JerseyUniversal Supply Co.BrainOther fall to lower level
An employee was attempting to retrieve something from on top of a racking system when the employee fell through the racking and suffered a head injury, requiring hospitalization.
2016-03-08GloucesterMassachusettDave Grondin Eye(s)Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was pulling a nail with a pair of 6" channel lock pliers when the nail broke and released from the pliers. A nail fragment went under the employee's safety glasses and punctured the globe of the employee's left eye.
2015-12-07Gloucester CityNew JerseyGLOUCESTER TERMINAL, LLC.Foot (feet)Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was hospitalized when a forklift ran over his foot.
2015-05-27Gloucester CityNew JerseyGloucester TerminalsNonclassifiableFall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
An employee performing diagnostic tests on a crane fell approximately 7.5 feet through an open hatch and was hospitalized.
2015-02-02Gloucester CityNew JerseyGloucester Terminals LLCAnkle(s)Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Employee fell from a deck at a height of approximately 8 feet and broke an ankle.