Piscataway, NJ ·
OSHA Injury Report: Dawn Food Products - Northeast Distribution
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Dawn Food Products - Northeast Distribution in 30 Knox Drive, Piscataway, NJ 08854 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was driver in warehousing and Distribution.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Dawn Food Products - Northeast Distribution
- Parent company
- Dawn Food Products, Inc.
- Street
- 30 Knox Drive
- City
- Piscataway
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 08854
- On-site location
- Harvest Bakery
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 25
Before the incident
Unloading trailer at dock
What happened
Driver was delivering at a dock stop [REDACTED] There was also frozen product he was backhauling from the customer He needed to move some pallets around on the trailer to be able to open the freezer bulkhead so he could place the pallet in the frozen compartment He opened the bulkhead on the trailer and began to make space There was condensation on the floor from the unit and when he was walking the pallet backwards with the ejack he slipped He fell towards the side and landed on his right arm At first he thought it was minor and just had some scratches but when he returned from his route his arm had swollen and he felt pain in his elbow
Injury or illness
Nature of InjuryIllness Strain Body Parts Arm ElbowRight
Object or substance involved
fall to trailer floor
Summary line
Nature of InjuryIllness Strain Cause of InjuryIllnessFall Slip or Trip On Same Level Body Parts Arm ElbowRight Object Substance fall to trailer floor
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Driver
- SOC code
- 53-3032: Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 493120: Warehousing and Distribution
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 83
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 153,346
- EIN
- 351438925
- Establishment ID
- 595893
- Employer case #
- US-NORTHEA
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:00
- Time of incident
- 10:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-29
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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