# Fractures at Maher Terminals LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021054377` · 5/28/2021 · ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Maher Terminals LLC
- **Location:** 1210 Corbin Street #1, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, 07201
- **NAICS:** 488490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A shipping yard laborer had just helped a straddle carrier operator connect lifting gear to a flat rack's arms. The straddle carrier was lifting the arm when the flat rack slid toward the yard laborer and pinned him against the bumper of the straddle. The laborer suffered a broken sternum.

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