Widow of Bayonne Man Crushed by Cargo Container Files Lawsuit
The widow of a Bayonne man crushed when a cargo container fell on a vehicle he was operating has filed a federal lawsuit against nine companies, blaming unsafe equipment, an unsafe workplace and insufficient training for his death. The H&M International Transportation employee Jorge Gomez, 51, of Bayonne, died after a shipping container fell onto the lifting machine he was operating at the Croxton Intermodal Terminal on County Road in Jersey City on Aug. 15, 2016. Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said at the time that investigators’ initial assessment was that a cable that was part of the machine lifting a freight container snapped, causing the container to fall on Gomez. …
