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2,608 OSHA severe injury reports in NEW JERSEY.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 2,608 workplace severe injury reports with employer names, locations, and incident details. Each report documents a hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss as reported to OSHA. Use the filters below to narrow results.
| Date | Employer | Location | Event | Nature | Body Part | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2020 | PSE&G | MOONACHIE, New Jersey | Nonclassifiable | Numbness-nonspecified injury | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 7, 2020 | Crystal Springs Services, Inc. | VERNON, New Jersey | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Port Newark Container Terminal | NEWARK, New Jersey | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Automann | JAMESBURG, New Jersey | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Pharmachem LLC. | KEARNY, New Jersey | Fall, slip, trip, unspecified | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Akorn, Inc. | SOMERSET, New Jersey | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Oct 3, 2020 | RGB Disposal Services | PISCATAWAY, New Jersey | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Cuts, lacerations | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Bancroft | PITTSGROVE, New Jersey | Fall on same level due to slipping | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 1, 2020 | Aquamar, Inc. | CARTERET, New Jersey | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 30, 2020 | Lehigh Hanson | CAMDEN, New Jersey | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 29, 2020 | Verizon - New Jersey | ALLAMUCHY, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 29, 2020 | Imperia Foods Inc. | FAIRFIELD, New Jersey | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Sep 28, 2020 | ProStaff | CARTERET, New Jersey | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 28, 2020 | JP1 LLC | SHORT HILLS, New Jersey | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 27, 2020 | Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center | EDISON, New Jersey | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Sep 27, 2020 | Oaks Integrated Care | EDGEWATER PARK, New Jersey | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 24, 2020 | Star-Glo Industries, LLC | EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 22, 2020 | Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center LLC | BLACKWOOD, New Jersey | Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 20, 2020 | Sunoco Co 744 | SOUTH AMBOY, New Jersey | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Blue Spruce Management | HARVEY CEDARS, New Jersey | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Bruises, contusions | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Pitney Bowes | MONROE TOWNSHIP, New Jersey | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 18, 2020 | NutraStar Inc. | FARMINGDALE, New Jersey | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 17, 2020 | Structure Tone LLC | PATERSON, New Jersey | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 16, 2020 | Sunrun | SOMERSET, New Jersey | Overexertion in lifting-single episode | Hernias due to traumatic incidents | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 15, 2020 | Rent-A-Center East LLC | JERSEY CITY, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 15, 2020 | Champion Exteriors | WILDWOOD, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Sep 14, 2020 | W.B. MASON Co., Inc. | CRANBURY, New Jersey | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 11, 2020 | Princeton Hydro | RINGOES, New Jersey | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 11, 2020 | Fieldbrook Foods Corporation | LAKEWOOD, New Jersey | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Sep 8, 2020 | ALL AMERICAN POLY CORPORATION | PISCATAWAY, New Jersey | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 5, 2020 | JLL | PRINCETON, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 3, 2020 | J & J SNACK FOODS SALES CORP. | PENNSAUKEN, New Jersey | Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Sunoco | HAMILTON, New Jersey | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Aug 31, 2020 | M.L. Ruberton Construction Co., Inc. | WHIPPANY, New Jersey | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 27, 2020 | Encompass Health & Rehabilitation Hospital | TOMS RIVER, New Jersey | Fall on same level due to tripping over self | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 26, 2020 | Republic Services of New Jersey, LLC | SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 26, 2020 | Grainger Industrial Supply | BORDENTOWN, New Jersey | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures and dislocations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 24, 2020 | JJM Packaging | TOTOWA, New Jersey | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 21, 2020 | Intsel Steel East | SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Aug 20, 2020 | Unis, LLC | EDISON, New Jersey | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 20, 2020 | PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | PRINCETON, New Jersey | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. | Bruises, contusions | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Aug 20, 2020 | Ronpak, Inc. | SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Aug 20, 2020 | THE MASONIC HOME OF NEW JERSEY | BURLINGTON, New Jersey | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 18, 2020 | Mazza Recycling | TINTON FALLS, New Jersey | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Avulsions, enucleations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 13, 2020 | Fairway Architectural Railing Solutions | HAMILTON, New Jersey | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 13, 2020 | APM TERMINALS | ELIZABETH, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple leg locations, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 11, 2020 | Precise Demolition Services | LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, New Jersey | Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 10, 2020 | The Fountains at Cedar Parke | ATCO, New Jersey | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Cuts, lacerations | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 10, 2020 | EGM Plumbing LLC | CRANFORD, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 10, 2020 | Flying Fish Brewing Co | SOMERDALE, New Jersey | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
Frequently Asked Questions
OSHA requires employers to report all workplace injuries resulting in hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours. Each report in this database includes the employer name, full address, a description of the event, the nature of injury, and a detailed narrative of what happened.
The most common severe workplace injuries include amputations, fractures, crushing injuries, burns, and multiple injuries. Falls, being struck by objects, caught-in/between incidents, and exposure to harmful substances are among the most common event types.
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