Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at APM TERMINALS PORT ELIZABETH, 5080 MCLESTER ST., ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY 07207
on , Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was in a truck waiting for an intermodal container to be discharged off a ship and loaded onto the truck. The employee noticed a military vehicle armored window and frame on top of the container. The employee went to catch the object while it slide off the container; he fell backward from ground level and struck his head on the ground, sustaining a skull laceration and injury to the first cervical vertebra.
HospitalizedNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersFloors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
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