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Kevin McAdorey was working near 1040 Route 35 on a motorized scissor lift when the lift came in contact with power lines, causing McAdorey to fall 20 feet to the ground around 12:30 p.m., Middletown Police Chief of Police R. Craig Weber said.
McAdorey was unconscious when he was hospitalized, but was pronounced dead at Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank.
The decedent was an employee from Wave Electric, 3 Sheil Drive in Tinton Falls, according to OSHA Regional Director Lenore Uddyback-Fortson said.
The incident is under investigation by the Middletown Twp. Police as well as the Office of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) based in Avenel.
OSHA has a total of six months to conduct its investigation and release its findings.
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