# Fractures at PORT NEWARK CONTAINER TERMINAL, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019033050` · 3/23/2019 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ropes, ties, chains, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PORT NEWARK CONTAINER TERMINAL, LLC
- **Location:** 241 CALCUTTA STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07114
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing a line from the vessel to the dock when a line struck him in the lower leg, causing a compound fracture that required surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*