# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at APM TERMINALS PORT ELIZABETH
> OSHA SIR `2023054182` · 5/9/2023 · ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Windshields, vehicle windows
## Employer
- **Name:** APM TERMINALS PORT ELIZABETH
- **Location:** 5080 MCLESTER ST., ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, 07207
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## 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.

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