Worker at APM Terminals at Elizabeth was struck by cargo equipment on Friday.
A woman working for APM Terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey’s Elizabeth facility “was struck and killed Friday afternoon by a piece of equipment that moves shipping containers,” the Star-Ledger newspaper reported.
The news report quoted port authority police as saying the dockworker was hit at 1:20 p.m. by a top loader.
The port authority said the terminal was shut down for the remainder of the day and its police department is investigating the cause of the accident.
Dockworker killed in New Jersey
