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COVID-19: Amazon Worker At Central Jersey Warehouse Tests Positive COVID-19: Amazon Worker At Central Jersey Warehouse Tests Positive
Covid-19: Amazon Worker At Central Jersey Warehouse Tests Positive At least one Amazon employee at a Mercer County warehouse reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus, increasing the reported total in New Jersey to three on Monday. Amazon confirmed a diagnosed case of coronavirus in the company's Robbinsville facility, NJ.com reported. "We’ve taken extreme measures to keep people safe, tripling down on deep cleaning, procuring available safety supplies & maintaining safe distances," Amazon tweeted. "Our employees are heroes fighting for their communities & we couldn’t be more grateful." The report came amid a protest by workers at A…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Construction Worker Falls To His Death At Florham Park Job Site Construction Worker Falls To His Death At Florham Park Job Site
Construction Worker Falls To His Death At Florham Park Job Site A construction worker fell 30 to 35 feet to his death at a Florham Park job site Wednesday, authorities said. The worker sustained head trauma after falling at the 90 Park Ave. job site -- where luxury homes and condominiums are being built -- around 5:20 p.m., Florham Park police said. Life-saving attempts by emergency responders were unsuccessful and the worker was pronounced dead at the hospital. The worker's identity is not being released pending family notification. The incident is being investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and local police.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Unlicensed Bulldozer Driver Charged In Death Of North Bergen Recycling Plant Worker, 61 Unlicensed Bulldozer Driver Charged In Death Of North Bergen Recycling Plant Worker, 61
Unlicensed Bulldozer Driver Charged In Death Of North Bergen Recycling Plant Worker, 61 A 38-year-old North Bergen recycling plant trolly cart operator was charged in the death of his 61-year-old coworker, authorities said. Santiago Ventura Blanco was operating a bulldozer and pushing a concrete dumpster at Lincoln Recycling on Dell Avenue when Horacio Juarez Diaz was pinned between the dumpster and a wall Thursday afternoon, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Diaz of Union City was found lifeless by responding police officers and pronounced dead at the scene around 3:20 p.m., Suarez said. Blanco of East Newark was arrested at the scene at 4 p.m., and char…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Battery Explodes At Fair Lawn Pasta Factory, Injuring Worker Battery Explodes At Fair Lawn Pasta Factory, Injuring Worker
Battery Explodes At Fair Lawn Pasta Factory, Injuring Worker A battery on a piece of construction equipment in a Fair Lawn warehouse exploded Monday night, sending a worker flying, authorities said. The 45-year-old victim was charging the forklift attery at Zerega and Sons on Broadway around 7 p.m. when it exploded, knocking him back about 10 feet, police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The worker was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center with back, arm and leg injuries, Metzler said. Fair Lawn police, firefighters, Heavy Rescue and Ambulance Corps members responded.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Workers Burned In Explosion At Carlstadt Cosmetics Plant Workers Burned In Explosion At Carlstadt Cosmetics Plant
Workers Burned In Explosion At Carlstadt Cosmetics Plant A mixture at a Carlstadt cosmetics plant exploded Tuesday, seriously injuring a worker, authorities said. The 58-year-old employee was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston after she was burned in the explosion at JCS Global Distribution around 1 p.m., Detective Sgt. John Cleary said. The victim had been mixing cosmetic products in a 55-gallon barrel at the Barrell Avenue plant when the mixture exploded, Cleary said. "No other workers were in the immediate area when the explosion occurred," the sergeant said, "but the building was evacuated as a precaution." OSHA was notified…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Feds Fine Cresskill Landscaper $17K After Carbon Monoxide Kills 2 Workers Feds Fine Cresskill Landscaper $17K After Carbon Monoxide Kills 2 Workers
Feds Fine Cresskill Landscaper $17K After Carbon Monoxide Kills 2 Workers A Cresskill landscaper was fined more than $17,000 by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing employees to carbon monoxide -- killing two of them. Police found two AJR Landscaping Inc. workers overcome by fumes from a running lawnmower with them in a closed trailer in Washington Township around 8 a.m. last December. The West New York landscapers were found unresponsive and not breathing on the ground at the  17-acre Washington Pond condominium complex off Pascack Road and Linwood Avenue. CPR was conducted on both at the scene before they were rushed…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Worker, 53, Falls Three Stories From Tenafly Building Worker, 53, Falls Three Stories From Tenafly Building
Worker, 53, Falls Three Stories From Tenafly Building A 53-year-old laborer was conscious after falling three stories Friday from a scaffold outside a Tenafly condominium complex, authorities said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a head and shoulder injury after the 2:45 p.m. mishap behind the Browning House on West Clinton Avenue, Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. The Garfield victim "was unsure how far he'd fallen," the chief said, "but other workers at the scene believed he'd been on the third-story level just prior to falling." Police, the Tenafly Volunteer Ambulance Corps and paramedics responded, Chamberlai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Worker's Arm Impaled In Little Ferry Workplace Accident Worker's Arm Impaled In Little Ferry Workplace Accident
Worker's Arm Impaled In Little Ferry Workplace Accident An employee was bleeding severely when he was rushed to the hospital after his arm was impaled on a metal bar in a Little Ferry workplace accident Monday afternoon, authorities said. A pallet holding a radiator was being moved on a forklift when the worker tried to get out of its way and was injured around 3:30 p.m., Police Lt. Ronald Klein Jr. said. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. "Workers put a tourniquet on him," Klein said. "But he lost a lot of blood." His condition couldn't immediately be determined. OSHA was notified.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Worker, 60, Dies In Fall At Site Of Former Clifton Nightclub Worker, 60, Dies In Fall At Site Of Former Clifton Nightclub
Worker, 60, Dies In Fall At Site Of Former Clifton Nightclub A 60-year-old worker died after he fell 20 feet from a scaffold Monday afternoon in Clifton. The victim had been part of a crew that's transforming the former Bliss nightclub on Allwood Road into an attorney's office. Responders said the victim sustained a skull fracture. CPR was conducted before he was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, they said. Next-of-kin notifications were being made, authorities said. OSHA was notified.

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Man Rescued From Collapsed Trench In Pequannock Man Rescued From Collapsed Trench In Pequannock
Man Rescued From Collapsed Trench In Pequannock First-responders from throughout the region took part in an intricate rescue Monday to save the life of a man entrapped when a trench collapsed at a Pequannock work site.  The incident began around 9 a.m. on Lincoln Road near the Knights of Columbus Hall, where the person was buried up to the waist, said Jerry Speziale, the police director for the city of Paterson.  Paterson first-responders belong to the Metro Search and Rescue Team,  a multi-agency unit that handles technical rescues.  Paterson firefighters helped secure the trench by shoring up its sides as other age…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Cheese-Making Machine Breaks Arm Of Ridgefield Dairy Plant Worker Cheese-Making Machine Breaks Arm Of Ridgefield Dairy Plant Worker
Cheese-Making Machine Breaks Arm Of Ridgefield Dairy Plant Worker A worker at a Ridgefield dairy plant suffered broken bones and cuts when his arm got caught in a machine that he was cleaning before dawn Tuesday, authorities said. A co-worker unplugged the machine and called 911 after the 56-year-old victim was injured by spiraling augers at Biazzo Dairy Products on Edgewater Avenue just after 1:30 a.m., Police Chief Thomas Gallagher said. After the machine operator removed the engine, police reversed the blade and removed him, Gallagher said. Members of the Ridgefield Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to Hackensack University Medical Center. Biazzo, w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Forklift Operator Killed In Elmwood Park Industrial Mishap Forklift Operator Killed In Elmwood Park Industrial Mishap
Forklift Operator Killed In Elmwood Park Industrial Mishap A 59-year-old forklift operator was killed Thursday when it fell on top of him in an Elmwood Park factory, authorities said. Lin Yi Hui of Brooklyn was operating the forklift when he got too close to the edge of a ramp, Police Cheif Michael Foligno said. The forklift began to tip -- ejecting Hui -- before it fell on top of him, hitting his head, Foligno said. Hui was pronounced dead at the scene. Responders included borough police and firefighters, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and the county sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence. An investigation …

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by Jerry DeMarco