OSHA officials are looking into what caused an accident that injured a work at the Elizabeth Port today.
According to a brief statement released by OSHA, officials say they are aware of an incident that occurred earlier today regarding an employee injury.
According to preliminary reports, the incident happened before 10:35 a.m. when the employee working as a ’Checker’ was struck by a tractor-trailer and suffered serious injuries at APM Terminal according to reports.
APM officials released the following statement:
”Due to an incident on the terminal, APM Terminals Elizabeth is temporarily suspending operations. We expect to resume normal operations at 1:00 PM”
OSHA officials said the incident is not a workplace fatality at this time.
Today’s accident is the second worksite accident that occurred in less than a week at APM.
On Friday, OSHA confirmed that a man was killed when a tractor-trailer crushed him at APM. Click **[HERE ](https://www.rlsmedia.com/article/osha-confirms-death-investigation-port-elizabeth)** to read the report of Friday’s fatality.
Both incidents are under investigation.