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7 Dead, 114 Sickened: Legionnaires’ Outbreak In Harlem Declared Over 7 Dead, 114 Sickened: Legionnaires’ Outbreak In Harlem Declared Over
7 Dead, 114 Sickened: Legionnaires’ Outbreak In Harlem Declared Over Harlem’s Legionnaires’ outbreak is officially over, health officials said, after sickening over 100 people and killing seven. Residents and visitors to Central Harlem are no longer at increased risk of contracting Legionnaires’ disease, the New York City Health Department announced Friday, Aug. 29. The last reported case connected to the cluster began showing symptoms on Saturday, Aug. 9. In total, the outbreak sickened 114 people, 90 of whom were hospitalized. Six patients remain in the hospital, and seven have died, as Daily Voice reported.  Most of those infected had underlyin…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Worker Dies After Fall In Newark Elevator Shaft, Police Say Worker Dies After Fall In Newark Elevator Shaft, Police Say
Worker Dies After Fall In Newark Elevator Shaft, Police Say A worker died Saturday morning, May 10 after falling into an elevator shaft at a Newark construction site, authorities said. Police responded to a call of an injured worker around 9:09 a.m., at 10 Commerce Court, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. The man was found inside the site’s elevator shaft and pronounced dead at 9:54 a.m., Miranda said. The incident remains under investigation. No further information was immediately available.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Construction Worker Rushed To Hospital With Head Trauma In Bergen County Accident: Police Construction Worker Rushed To Hospital With Head Trauma In Bergen County Accident: Police
Construction Worker Rushed To Hospital With Head Trauma In Bergen County Accident: Police A construction worker was hospitalized in Bergen County Tuesday morning, Jan. 14 in a worksite accident, police said. The worker, 56, was struck in the head by the bucket of an excavator while working at a construction site in the 1500 block of Valley Brook Avenue in Lyndhurst, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. He was taken by the Lyndhurst Police Emergency Squad to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson with severe injuries, Auteri said. Investigators from OSHA are on the scene investigating.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Death Near Morris County Construction Site Investigated As Suicide Death Near Morris County Construction Site Investigated As Suicide
Death Near Morris County Construction Site Investigated As Suicide A death near a Morris County construction site was being investigated as a suicide, authorities said. A man was found unresponsive and bleeding from the head at 289 Beaverbrook Road in Lincoln Park around 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26, according to initial and unconfirmed reports. The accident was being investigated as a suicide, Lincoln Park Police Lt. John Clements told DailyVoice.com.  While Clements could not say exactly where the incident occurred, he confirmed that several trucking outfits operated out of the location. Daily Voice did not immediately receive a response after …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Jersey City Contractor, 44, Dies After Falling 9 Stories Down Elevator Shaft Jersey City Contractor, 44, Dies After Falling 9 Stories Down Elevator Shaft
Jersey City Contractor, 44, Dies After Falling 9 Stories Down Elevator Shaft A 44-year-old contractor fell nine stories to his death at a Jersey City construction site Wednesday morning. Jersey City’s police and fire departments responded to 136 Summit Ave., where the man was found unconscious around 7:45 a.m., Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead.  OSHA was responding. The man's identity was not released.

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by Cecilia Levine