Kearny, NJ ·
OSHA Injury Report: G & S Motor Equipment Co
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at G & S Motor Equipment Co in 1800 Harrison Avenue, Kearny, NJ 7032 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- G & S Motor Equipment Co
- Parent company
- G&S Technologies
- Street
- 1800 Harrison Avenue
- City
- Kearny
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 7032
- On-site location
- Small transformer room, Building B
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 62
Before the incident
Attempting to lift a piece of metal with a hoist
What happened
Upper hook caught on frame of cutting machine and lower hook released from metal piece and struck employee in the face. Employee suffered a fracture to nose
Injury or illness
Broken nose
Object or substance involved
The lower hook that was holding metal piece became loose and released striking employee
Summary line
Fracture to face when struck by hook
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 53-7081: Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- NAICS code
- 423930: Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 102
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 239,247
- EIN
- 221864595
- Establishment ID
- 1309906
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 08:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-14
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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