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2,674 OSHA severe injury reports in NEW JERSEY.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 2,674 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 8, 2015 | Ames Advanced Materials Corp. | SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified | Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 6, 2015 | Sysco Metro NY, LLC | JERSEY CITY, New Jersey | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Cuts, lacerations | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 6, 2015 | YSC Business Management, LLC | MILLVILLE, New Jersey | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 6, 2015 | APM Terminals | ELIZABETH, New Jersey | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Hand(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Oct 6, 2015 | Ascena Retail Group, Inc. | SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 3, 2015 | Corbion Caraan | TOTOWA, New Jersey | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 1, 2015 | Blooming Glen Contractors, Inc. | MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey | Struck by discharged object or substance | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 30, 2015 | Trinity Solar | GIBBSTOWN, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 30, 2015 | Ciera Staffing | ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 29, 2015 | Viking Yacht Company Marina | NEW GRETNA, New Jersey | Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrical burns, unspecified | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 28, 2015 | Marine Lumber & Piling | BARNEGAT, New Jersey | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 26, 2015 | Virtua | BERLIN, New Jersey | Overexertion in lifting-single episode | Hernias due to traumatic incidents | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 26, 2015 | All City Construction LLC | NEWARK, New Jersey | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Sep 24, 2015 | DIMENSIONAL MERCHANDISING, INC. | WHARTON, New Jersey | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 23, 2015 | Amcore Rigid Plastics | MILLVILLE, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 23, 2015 | North Jersey Media Group Inc. | ROCKAWAY, New Jersey | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 17, 2015 | Firewood To You | DELRAN, New Jersey | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 17, 2015 | Virtua Hospital | VOORHEES, New Jersey | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Sep 17, 2015 | Virtua Hospital | VOORHEES, New Jersey | Overexertion in lifting, lowering, unspecified | Strains | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 16, 2015 | SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORP. | MORRISTOWN, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 14, 2015 | Defoe Corporation | NEWARK, New Jersey | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Amputations | Foot (feet), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 14, 2015 | At-Mart | CEDARVILLE, New Jersey | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. | Bruises, contusions | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 10, 2015 | Johns Manville | EDISON, New Jersey | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 9, 2015 | Serv Behavior Systems | TRENTON, New Jersey | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 8, 2015 | Northern Seamless Gutter Systems Inc. | NEWTON, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 7, 2015 | Rose Garden Nursing & Rehabilitation | TOMS RIVER, New Jersey | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 6, 2015 | Bally's Park Place Inc. | ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 3, 2015 | Sparta Tree Services | SPARTA, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 2, 2015 | Homasote Company | WEST TRENTON, New Jersey | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Virtua Health Inc. & Subsidiaries | MARLTON, New Jersey | Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified | Numbness-nonspecified injury | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 31, 2015 | Allied Specialty Foods, Inc. | VINELAND, New Jersey | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 27, 2015 | Comcast Cable | SEWELL, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 26, 2015 | NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION | EAST HANOVER, New Jersey | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Aug 25, 2015 | Precision Paving & Concrete | FORDS, New Jersey | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 25, 2015 | Shelby Mechanical | PENNSAUKEN, New Jersey | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 25, 2015 | Omega Plastics Corporation | LYNDHURST, New Jersey | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 25, 2015 | USPS | MIDDLETOWN, New Jersey | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 25, 2015 | GEORGE HARMS CONST. CO., INC. | HOLMDEL, New Jersey | Fall on same level due to slipping | Cuts, lacerations | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 24, 2015 | Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc. | BURLINGTON, New Jersey | Contact with hot objects or substances | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 22, 2015 | Simco Logistics Inc. | SWEDESBORO, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Skull | Hospitalized |
| Aug 20, 2015 | FCI Fort Dix | FORT DIX, New Jersey | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 19, 2015 | U.S. Postal Service | PENNSVILLE, New Jersey | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 14, 2015 | Verizon | MILLBURN, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Aug 13, 2015 | Compass Wire Cloth and Industrial Supply Corp. | VINELAND, New Jersey | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 11, 2015 | E & N Construction | PRINCETON, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Aug 7, 2015 | Cardoso Construction Co | FLORENCE, New Jersey | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Aug 7, 2015 | Hackensack UMC Mountainside | MONTCLAIR, New Jersey | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Aug 6, 2015 | Berlin Steel Construction Company | NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Aug 6, 2015 | Shore Point Distributing | FREEHOLD, New Jersey | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle | Fractures | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 6, 2015 | Arbon Equipment | FREEHOLD, New Jersey | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
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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