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Police & Fire
Construction Worker Killed In Trench Accident ID'd As Former Rutgers Wrestler, 29
The construction worker killed in a Kenilworth trench accident earlier this month has been identified as a 29-year-old former Rutgers University athlete. Corey Greg Stasenko, of Cranford, was killed on Monday, May 6, during a project on Monroe Street, Daily Voice has learned. Police at the time, without identifying the worker, said he was trying to install a storm drain in the back of a business using an excavator when he became trapped around 9 a.m. First responders attempted life saving measures but he was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Man, this really is heartbreak…
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
Heroes
: Trapped Victim Rescued, Rushed To
Humc
After Collapse At East Rutherford Site
UPDATE: Firefighters rescued a trapped worker after a foundation wall collapsed at an East Rutherford construction site on Saturday. The wall gave way at a renovation project for a new restaurant on the Union Avenue site of the former Railroad Cafe -- pinning the worker from the waist down -- around 1:30 p.m. Oct. 28. Members of Hackensack Fire Department Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Rescue along with colleagues from several UASI departments worked together to free the trapped worker. Police in neighboring towns up the line closed intersections on northbound Route 17 as an ambula…
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
Philadelphia Worker ID'd As Victim Killed In Sea Isle City Balcony Collapse
A 43-year-old construction worker from Philadelphia has been identified as the victim crushed to death by a balcony that collapsed at a Sea Isle City high-rise Friday, Feb. 24, authorities said. Jose Pereira was on the 7th floor balcony of the Spinnaker South Tower when the balcony above him collapsed, crushing him around 2:20 p.m., Sea Isle City Police Chief Anthony J. Garreffi Jr. said. Pereira's body was pinned under the 30-foot concrete slab for several hours before responders could cut through approximately 12 inches of reinforced concrete, Garreffi said. The side of the building was …
News
'So Unfair': Shock, Anger Spread After NJ Man Is Killed By Driver In Apple Store Crash
Shock, grief and anger continued to spread with the news that a construction worker who died when a driver crashed his SUV into an Apple store in a Boston suburb was from Passaic County, NJ. Kevin Bradley, 65, of Wayne was apparently moving a barrier outside the store with co-worker Vince Ruotolo of Maywood when Ruotolo said his pal’s life “was cut short” on Monday, Nov. 21. “Life is so unfair,” Ruotolo wrote, noting that Bradley had a wife, children and grandchildren. “It's getting real now,” Michelle Filippone of Clifton noted on Tuesday. “A reporter from NBC Boston just emailed me and …
Police & Fire
Trapped Worker Rescued From 10-Foot Hole On Jersey Shore
A 26-year-old worker was rescued after becoming trapped in a 10-foot hole on the Jersey Shore Thursday, June 30. The man was helping to dig a footing for a deck at a Carmine Way home in Howell when he became trapped up to his shoulders in dirt around 3:25 p.m., Howell police said. Howell Sgt. Paul Mazzeo, who happens to be a trench-collapse specialist, used construction debris to keep more dirt from collapsing in on him before a trench rescue unit came to the scene. EMT Valerie Deano, who speaks Spanish, was able to communicate with the victim and keep him calm until rescuers arrived. The…
Police & Fire
Garage
Collapse
(
Photos
): Two Injured, One Seriously In Elmwood Park
Two workers were injured, one seriously, when the roof of five connected garages under construction at an Elmwood Park housing complex collapsed Saturday, authorities said. Elkin Carcano, 30, of Trenton was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson in serious condition following the late-morning collapse at the Elmwood Village Apartments on Mola Boulevard, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Co-worker Luis Martinez, 24, no address immediately available, was also taken to St. Joe's with less serious injuries, Foligno said. Aftermath in Elmwood Park.Damien Danis for DAILY …
News
NJ Roof Worker Who Fell 30 Feet To His Death Had Heartbreaking Final Facebook Posts
A roof worker fell 30 feet to his death while on a warehouse roof in Bridgewater, authorities said. Frank Bartholomew, 34, was working at Brook Warehouse on Van Veghten Drive when he fell onto the warehouse floor, around 10:30 p.m. Monday, Bridgewater Police Lt. Thomas Rice said. First responders began lifesaving measures when they arrived. Bartholomew, of Pennsylvania, was transported Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center in New Brunswick, where he later died of his injuries, Rice said. Bartholomew had repeatedly posted messages on Facebook saying how much he loved his wife and stepson in th…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Responders Rescue Trapped Construction Worker
Rescuers freed a worker who fell 15 feet at a Lakewood construction site Friday morning, authorities said. Rescuers who responded to the 8 a.m. call at the site off Attaya Road used a Stokes basket to secure and left the worker out, Lakewood Fire Chief Mike D'Elia Jr. said. A chopper flew the worker to Jersey Shore Medical Center for treatment of what Lakewood EMS Chief Crystal Van de Zilver said was a possible broken leg and other injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. Lakewood firefighters, Hatzolah EMS and Lakewood Township EMS responded. Hackensack Meridian Health's AirMed…
Police & Fire
Construction Worker Falls From Fair Lawn Roof
A 49-year-old construction worker was injured when he fell 15 feet off the roof of a Fair Lawn home. The Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the worker to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson after the Hopper Avenue mishap at 4:20 p.m. Saturday, Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The victim, who lives in Newark, injured his back, neck and wrist, Metzler said.
Police & Fire
Tenafly Firefighters Free Worker In Home Construction Site Fall
A 55-year-old worker was hospitalized in a 10-foot fall Thursday morning at a Tenafly home construction site. Firefighters got the Newark worker out after he fell into the basement area of a new foundation, with no way out, at the Buckingham Road site just before 9 a.m., police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. The Tenafly Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to Hackensack University Medical Center with head and shoulder injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, Moncada said. OSHA was notified.
Police & Fire
Gas Leak At Fair Lawn Construction Site Temporarily Closes Eastbound Route 4
A gas leak at a construction site temporarily closed eastbound Route 4 in Fair Lawn Tuesday morning. A contractor hit a gas mean at a building under construction between East and West Amsterdam avenues, the former site of the Spivak Lighting building, around 9:30 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Adjacent buildings were checked, as well. One lane of eastbound Route 4 was reopened around 10 a.m. before all lanes eventually were reopened. A PSE&G crew joined Fair Lawn police and firefighters at the scene. The gas leak temporarily closed eastbound Route 4 in Fair Lawn on Tuesday.Google…
Police & Fire
Update
: Ridgewood Firefighters Rescue Construction Worker Who Fell 20 Feet Into Basement
Firefighters rescued a worker who fell 20 or so feet off a ladder Monday morning into the basement of a new home under construction in Ridgewood. Rescuers brought a Stokes basket and ropes along after the 10:30 a.m. mishap on North Monroe Street. After they got him out through a window well, the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps rushed the 28-year-old worker to the trauma unit at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson. He complained of pain in his back, leg and hand, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. A paramedic team from The Valley Hospital also responded. Boyd A. Lovin…
Police & Fire
Paterson Construction Worker Falls To Death From Building Roof
A construction worker fell to his death from the roof of a building Tuesday morning in Paterson, authorities said. Joseph Perillo, 56 of Woodland Park, fell from a Michigan Avenue building and into an empty dumpster at 9:13 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a release. Perillo was found by first responders with serious injuries and was transported to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators are on scene, and there is no evi…
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