Modern Transportation Services LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Fractures — KEARNY, New Jersey

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Modern Transportation Services LLC in KEARNY, New Jersey
Employer Modern Transportation Services LLC
Address 1249 Newark - Jersey City Turnpike
City, State ZIP KEARNY, New Jersey 07032
Report ID 2022021564
Event Date February 17, 2022
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source of Injury Conveyors-belt
Secondary Source Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
Industry (NAICS) 484121
GPS Coordinates 40.74942, -74.13710

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Incident Narrative

An employee was unloading his truck at a roofing and asphalt plant. His cell phone fell into an unloading pit and as he tried to catch it a moving conveyor belt caught his sweatshirt and pulled his arm and hand in. He suffered two broken bones in the left hand, as well as fractures to both left forearm bones.

Incident Summary

On February 17, 2022, a worker at Modern Transportation Services LLC in KEARNY, New Jersey suffered fractures to the hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with conveyors-belt identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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