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Construction Worker, 31, Killed By Truck At Same AC Expressway Work Zone, Cops Say Construction Worker, 31, Killed By Truck At Same AC Expressway Work Zone, Cops Say
Construction Worker, 31, Killed By Truck At Same AC Expressway Work Zone, Cops Say A GoFundMe for a 31-year-old New Jersey man killed in a work zone accident on the Atlantic City Expressway has raised more than $58,000 as of Monday, July 28. Dominick Tarsitano, of Egg Harbor Township, was working in a construction zone in Winslow Township when he was struck by a truck around 7 a.m. on Friday, July 25, according to New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan. “Preliminary findings show the operator of an attenuator truck was backing up to collect cones from a shoulder closure and did not realize Tarsitano was behind the vehicle,” Marchan said. “Tarsitano was struck and di…

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by Cecilia Levine
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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
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Construction Worker Killed In Fall, Failed To Secure Safety Harness: Lakewood Police Construction Worker Killed In Fall, Failed To Secure Safety Harness: Lakewood Police
Construction Worker Killed In Fall, Failed To Secure Safety Harness: Lakewood Police A 51-year-old construction worker from The Bronx was killed after falling three floors in Lakewood on the morning of Friday, Feb. 21, authorities said. Jorge Paltan-Ajila was working at a construction site at 1600 Avenue of the States, Lakewood police said. Paltan-Ajila while working on the third floor of the construction site, slipped and fell while handing tools to a fellow employee on a boom lift, police said. He was wearing a safety harness, but it was not secured to any anchor point, police said. As he stepped on an unsecured beam, both the beam and Mr. Paltan-Ajila slip…

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by Sam Barron