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Painter Dies After Fall From Ridgewood Roof, Was Seeking Better Life In U.S., Brother Says
A Costa Rican painter who fell two stories from a Ridgewood roof has died, authorities confirmed (Haga clic aquí para leer la versión en español). Ridgewood police said they responded to 152 Kenilworth Road on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 1:45 p.m. for a report of an adult male who had fallen. The victim’s brother, Carlos Solis, identified him to Daily Voice as Heriberto Solís Fallas, 40, of Irvington. As previously reported, Solís had been working on the roof when he fell and was transported to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson with serious injuries, according to police. He died…
Police & Fire
Painter Seriously Injured In 2-Story Fall From Ridgewood Roof: Police
A painting contractor was seriously injured after falling from a roof in Ridgewood on Monday afternoon, Aug. 11, authorities said. Police responded to 152 Kenilworth Road at 1:45 p.m. for a report of an adult male who had fallen, Ridgewood Police said. The man had been working on the roof when he fell approximately two stories, according to police. He was transported to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson with serious injuries, police said. OSHA was apparently investigating.
Police & Fire
Worker Hospitalized In Fall From Ladder In Hackensack: Police
A worker was hospitalized after falling from a ladder Tuesday morning, June 3 in Hackensack, police said. The incident happened just after 9 a.m. at 100 River St., where the worker fell 8 to 10 feet, Police Chief Michael Antista said. He was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, Antista said. OSHA has been notified. Editor's note: Police initially told Daily Voice that the worker was unconscious and fell 22 feet but later corrected themselves, saying the worker was conscious and fell 8 to 10 feet.
Police & Fire
Worker Falls From Scaffolding At Hackensack Job Site, Hospitalized With Serious Injuries
A construction worker was seriously injured after falling from scaffolding in Hackensack Tuesday morning, May 6, officials said. The incident occurred around 9 a.m. at 720 Main Street, Hackensack Police Chief Michael Antista said. The worker, age 44, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, responders said. OSHA has been notified and is investigating the workplace accident.
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NJ Native ID'd As Man Who Fell 30 Feet Through Skylight At Utz Factory: Coroner
A 34-year-old subcontractor from Harrisburg who died after falling through a skylight at the Utz Factory in Hanover, Pennsylvania, has been identified, the York County Coroner’s Office confirmed on Tuesday, May 6. Trever Staten, originally from Perth Amboy, New Jersey and was living in Harrisburg, according to his social media, has been identified as the man who fell approximately 30 to 34 feet onto a loading dock while setting up scaffolding on the roof of the Utz Quality Foods facility located in the 900 block of High Street, according to Chief Deputy Coroner Michael Zech. The fall occurr…
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25-Foot Fatal Fall At Utz Potato Chip Factory: Officials
A man died after falling 25 feet from a roof at the Utz Potato Factory in Hanover, York County officials announced on Friday, May 2. The fall was reported to York County 911 at 8:35 a.m. from the factory located at 900 High Street, according to the Office of Emergency Management. At 8:55 a.m., Hanover Borough Police requested the York County Coroner to respond to the scene, the coroner's office confirmed to Daily Voice that they responded to the scene. Hanover Borough Police are leading the investigation. The man's identity has not been released, and no additional details were availa…
Police & Fire
Roofer Dies, Second Critical In Fall From Maywood Job Site, Police Say
A roofer died and another was critically injured after falling from a roof in Bergen County Wednesday evening, April 23, officials said. The incident happened Wednesday evening, April 23, in the 600 block of Maywood Avenue in Maywood, according to Chief Terence R. Kenny of the Maywood Police Department. Police received the 911 call around 6 p.m., Kenny said in an update Thursday morning. “A roofing company was working at the location when two workers fell from the roof,” Kenny said. “One of the individuals sustained critical injuries, while a second worker suffered a head injury.” Pa…
Police & Fire
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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NJ Worker Dies In Ladder, HVAC Accident In PA: State Police
A 66-year-old New Jersey man died in a work-related accident involving a ladder and an HVAC unit at Kings Village in Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania State Police announced. The incident occurred at a Family Dollar store located at 44 Kings Village at 11:09 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, police said. Troopers from the Schuylkill Haven Patrol Unit responded and confirmed the death of the Paulsboro resident, who was employed by EEC Acquisition LLC, doing business as Rite Air Mechanical. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has opened an investigation in…
Police & Fire
Scaffold
Collapse
: Worker Plunges 30 Feet, Co-Worker Jumps Into Window At Teaneck Building Site
A construction worker survived a 30-foot fall and a co-worker jumped into an open window when scaffolding collapsed Monday at the site of a massive apartment project in Teaneck, authorities said. The 23-year-old Perth Amboy resident fell three stories when the hanging rig gave way at the Alfred Avenue site shortly before noon April 29, Teaneck Deputy Police Chief Seth Kriegel said. He was responsive and alert when officers arrived, the deputy chief said. A second worker on the scaffolding escaped injury by jumping off the scaffolding and into an open window in the seven-story, 256-unit dev…
Police & Fire
Sliding RV Kills Mechanic, 29, At New Jersey Garage: Police
A 29-year-old mechanic was killed over the weekend when an RV slid off jack stands and crushed him at a New Jersey garage, authorities said. The unidentified mechanic from Freehold was working at GasTime on West Commodore Boulevard in Jackson around 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, when the vehicle came off the jack stand and down on him,Jackson Police Chief Matthew Kunz said. The mechanic was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, where he died. Kunz said the incident was accidental in nature. OSHA was notified of the incident, and presumably will conduct a rev…
Police & Fire
Family Of Roofer Who Fell From Passaic County Home Gets $75G From Company That Caused His Death
UPDATE: The survivors of a worker who fell to his death from a residential roof in Haledon will receive $75,000 after his employer admitted in federal court this week that his Middlesex County construction company failed to provide any fall protection equipment or training. The unidentified worker was installing insulation for a second-floor subroof in August 2019 when he took a step back and fell more than 20 feet, first onto a scaffold and then to a concrete floor below, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. He was later pronounced dead of a head injury. Despite the…
Police & Fire
Worker Injured In Partial Hackensack Building Collapse
UPDATE: A worker was seriously injured when an awning that he and others were dismantling in front of an apartment building in Hackensack collapsed on him Friday, authorities confirmed. The 50-something victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with what appeared to be a broken arm, among other injuries, after the structure at the Parkview Apartments on Polifly Road gave way shortly before noon Oct. 27, responders said. Hackensack police, their Emergency Services Unit and city firefighters were joined at the scene by city building, electrical and fire inspectors, OSHA and bo…
Police & Fire
Man Trapped In Industrial Machinery Dies In NJ
First responders' attempts to save a man trapped in industrial machinery were futile as the man died on Friday morning, Aug. 25, in Ocean County. OSHA is investigating the fatality at Cambridge Pavingstones, according to Lenore Uddyback-Fortson, regional director of the federal agency. The man was found unresponsive in the machine at 10 Havenwood Court in Lakewood just after 7:30 a.m., Lakewood police said. Responders were able to free the man and began life-saving measures. Unfortunately, efforts were unsuccessful and the man was pronounced dead at the scene, police sa…
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Amazon Exposed NJ Workers To Hazards Causing Musculoskeletal Disorders: Feds
Workers at a New Jersey Amazon fulfillment center were exposed to numerous hazards causing bodily harm, prompting fines and multiple letters from the US Labor Department. US Labor Department opened an investigation into the Logan Township (Gloucester County) site in January, following complaints that Amazon was exposing workers to hazards capable of causing serious physical harm, the DOL said in a release. Amazon had allegedly been requiring employees to perform tasks leading to bodily stress that had caused, were causing and were likely to cause musculoskeletal disorders, the DOL said. The…
Police & Fire
Worker Falls Head-First From Roof Of Franklin Lakes School
A worker was hospitalized Thursday after he fell from the roof of a school in Franklin Lakes and landed on his head, authorities said. The 54-year-old West New York laborer with Safeway Contracting out of Union plunged 10 to 15 feet at the Franklin Avenue Middle School shortly after 2 p.m. July 27, Police Capt. Mark McCombs said. He was alert and conscious while being treated for a large cut on his head before being taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson, the captain said. OSHA was notified and responded for further investigation, McCombs said.
Police & Fire
Update
: Fall Off Teaneck Home Leaves Roofer From Rockland, 18, Clinging To Life
An 18-year-old roofer from Rockland remained in critical condition Tuesday after falling off a Teaneck home the night before. Responding Teaneck police officers found the victim unresponsive but breathing outside the Maple Street home behind Angelo’s Pizza on Queen Anne Road at 6:45 p.m. Monday, May 15, Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. The Spring Valley teen – whom responders identified as John Roldan -- had been doing roofing repair work with a contracting crew, McGurr said. He sustained severe head trauma and other injuries, the chief said. Members of the Teaneck Fire Department, the …
Police & Fire
Worker's Leg Broken By Fallen Beam At Site Of Future Teaneck Senior Housing Complex
A worker suffered a compound leg fracture during a mishap on the site of a developing senior housing community in Teaneck, authorities said. The 23-year-old worker was walking between two metal I beams at ground level when one of them tipped onto his leg shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, May 8, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. Fellow workers at the site pitched in to lift the beam off their injured colleague’s leg, the chief said. Members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps then took him to Hackensack University Medical Center, McGurr said. Police, firefighters and an ALS unit fro…
Police & Fire
Man Falls Down Elevator Shaft Prompting
Osha
Investigation In Somerset County
Firefighters rescued a 38-year-old man who fell down an elevator shaft Thursday, Feb. 2 in Somerset County, authorities said. Responders found the Watchung man stuck in a building on Mettlers Road around 2:30 p.m. in Franklin Township, township police Lt. Vincent T. Wilson said. The victim was removed but had suffered multiple injuries, and was taken to the hospital by Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital BLS and ALS. The building was ordered to be evacuated by the Franklin Township fire marshal and fire inspectors and the building will be closed pending an OSHA investigation.
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Miraculous
Rescue
: Construction Worker Impaled At Paterson Construction Site Dangles In Air
A construction worker’s life literally hung in the balance after he fell through an upper-floor opening at a Paterson construction site and was impaled by a length of rebar. City firefighters needed a truck with a 75-foot ladder to get to the 7th floor and then free the 43-year-old worker from two steel reinforcing rods on Saturday, Dec. 10, responders said. The rods went through his chest and hip, miraculously missing vital organs and leaving him suspended in the air, they said. The worker was conscious and alert as his rescuers carefully lowered him to the ground from the seventh floor …
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Mahwah Tree Worker Severely Injured In 40-Foot Fall
A tree worker in Mahwah was airlifted with severe injuries after falling 40 or so feet, authorities said. AirMed One was summoned to Glasgow Terrace -- between Route 202 and West Ramapo Avenue -- around 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28. The chopper was called out of concern over area traffic jams created when a car carrier hauling hybrid vehicles caught fire on Route 17. SEE: Car Carrier Of Hybrids Catches Fire, Closes Route 17 (PHOTOS) It landed at NJ Crush FC North Field near Ramapo College, then flew the worker to St. Joseph's University Medical Center. OSHA was notified.
Police & Fire
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 …
Obituaries
Worker Found Dead In Kettle Cooker At NJ Food Factory
A 63-year-old employee was found dead in a kettle cooker at a South Jersey food processing plant early this week authorities said. Millville's Dale R. Devilli was found in the cooker on Parsonage Road in Upper Deerfield around 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, New Jersey State Police said. The incident was not considered suspicious. OSHA was investigating the incident at Lassonde Pappas. Devilli was being remembered in his obituary as an "avid outdoorsman, and handyman. "Out of his countless hobbies, he perfected bow hunting, fishing, and gardening; the latter would grow a vast variety …
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Lodi
Fatal
: Electrician From Hudson County Falls To His Death At Construction Site
An electrician fell 40 feet to his death at a Lodi construction site. The 43-year-old outside contractor from Guttenberg was in cardiac arrest while being transported to Hackensack University Medical Center with a head injury following the 11:40 a.m. mishap Friday, Sept. 9, on Industrial Road. Fellow workers had done their best to tend to him before responders arrived, Lodi Police Sgt. Dominic Miller said. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, Miller said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification responded to collect evidence and OSHA was notified, he said.
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Police, Firefighters Rescue Plastics Worker Who Lost Leg In Clifton Machine Mishap
HEROES: Police and firefighters teamed up to save the life of a factory worker after he lost a lower leg in an industrial accident in Clifton, authorities said. Police Sgt. Robert Marks and Officer Christopher Acampora, who were the first to arrive, climbed up a conveyer belt on a large compacting machine to get to the pinned 33-year-old victim from Clifton, Lt. Robert Anderson said. Marks is a decade-long department veteran who's served in the U.S. Army and National Guard. Acampora is a rookie with nine years of military experience, including in the U.S. Marine Corps. Working swiftly, bot…
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Contractor Airlifted After Bad Fall At Franklin Lakes Home
A cleaning service contractor was airlifted following a bad fall at a Franklin Lakes home, authorities said. The 34-year-old contractor with Jose’s Cleaning Services of Ridgefield Park was cleaning gutters and power-washing the Crest Place home near Kells Pond just off Pulis Avenue when he fell two stories around 3 p.m. Tuesday, Police Capt. Mark McCombs said. A NorthStar New Jersey State Police helicopter flew him to University Hospital in Newark, the captain said. Also responding with borough police were the Franklin Lakes Volunteer Ambulance Corps, borough firefighters and paramedics fr…
News
NJ Amazon Warehouse Worker Dies During Prime Day Bonanza: Officials
A New Jersey Amazon fulfillment center worker died during the two-day Prime Day bonanza last week, officials confirmed. Little information was known about the worker's death at the EWR9 fulfillment center in Carteret, as initially reported on Twitter by HuffPost reporter Dave Jamieson. The two-day mega-sale began Tuesday, July 12 and ended Thursday, July 14, during which the company offers exclusive deals, making it a particularly busy week. OSHA's Avenel Area Office has opened an inspection and investigating the incident, OSHA spokeswoman Leni Fortson said. The agency has up to six …
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Worker Pinned By Bucket Truck In Glen Rock Hospitalized With Serious Injuries
A worker from Hudson County suffered severe injuries to both legs Wednesday when he was pinned between a bucket truck and a pole in Glen Rock, authorities said. The 24-year-old subcontractor from North Bergen was working alongside a utility pole in the 300 block of Maple Avenue when a 25-year-old co-worker from Teaneck moved the truck forward, pinning him, shortly after 12:30 p.m., Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "Workers alerted a nearby officer who summoned an ambulance to the scene," the chief said. The victim was taken in stable condition to Hackensack University Medical Center with …
News
Update
: Tree Worker Dies On Job In Closter, Brought Down By Firefighters
Authorities were trying to determine how long a tree worker who died on the job in Closter had been suspended in the air. The worker was tethered in a harness nearly 40 feet up, supported by climbing ropes attached to several parts of the tree, when he apparently suffered a medical emergency outside a home on Anderson Avenue on Saturday, Police Lt. Vincent Aiello said. The homeowner, who'd dialed 911 around noon, didn't know how long he'd been up there, Aiello said. Responding police officers shouted but couldn't revive the worker from the ground, the lieutenant said. He was lowered to a…
News
Update
: Tree Worker Recovered By Firefighters In Closter Pronounced Dead At Scene
UPDATE: Authorities were trying to determine how long a tree worker who died on the job in Closter had been suspended in the air. The worker was tethered in a harness nearly 40 feet up, supported by climbing ropes attached to several parts of the tree, when he apparently suffered a medical emergency outside a home on Anderson Avenue on Saturday, Police Lt. Vincent Aiello said. The homeowner, who'd dialed 911 around noon, didn't know how long he'd been up there, Aiello said. Responding police officers shouted but couldn't revive the worker from the ground, the lieutenant said. He was …
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Welder Dies In Fall From Ferris Wheel At NJ Amusement Park: Report
A 62-year-old welder died in a fall from a Ferris wheel in New Jersey Monday, May 2, NJ Advance Media reported. The subcontractor was killed while working at Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, an Ocean City amusement park, President Jay Gillian said in a statement. Gillian also is the city's mayor. Robert W. Sanger, of Pittsgrove, reportedly fell around 10:30 a.m. He was employed by Cargo Tech International of Swedesboro, Gloucester County, the outlet said. OSHA is investigating the worker's death, Leni Fortson, the federal agency's regional director, told Daily Voice. “We are cooperating w…
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