ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY·2023-01-13

Wakefern Food Corporation

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Wakefern Food Corporation, 600 York Street, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY 07207 on 2023-01-13, Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).

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Final narrative

An employee was entering a trailer when a pallet of compacted cardboard boxes tipped off a topper and fell onto the employee's left leg, resulting in a crush injury to the lower left leg/ankle.

Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Skids, pallets

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