NJ Amazon Worker Deaths Spark Federal Lawsuit: What Really Happened? NJ Amazon Worker Deaths Spark Federal Lawsuit: What Really Happened? NJ Amazon Worker Deaths Spark Federal Lawsuit: What Really Happened?
NJ Amazon Worker Deaths Spark Federal Lawsuit: What Really Happened? A support group for warehouse workers has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), demanding transparency into three worker deaths at Amazon warehouses across the state in 2022.  The lawsuit, filed in the District of New Jersey this week, accuses the DOL of violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by failing to release Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigation records. The complaint, submitted by Leonia resident Daniel Schlademan, highlights alarming allegations about the working conditions at Amazon facilities in Carteret and …
Police ID Elizabeth Worker Crushed To Death At Clifton Recycling Plant (UPDATE) Police ID Elizabeth Worker Crushed To Death At Clifton Recycling Plant (UPDATE) Police ID Elizabeth Worker Crushed To Death At Clifton Recycling Plant (UPDATE)
Police ID Elizabeth Worker Crushed To Death At Clifton Recycling Plant (Update) A worker was killed Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 12, when a baling machine fell on him at a Clifton recycling plant, officials confirmed. Jose D. Centeno, of Elizabeth, went underneath the heavy machine at Ricova Recycling at 1 Broad St. around 3:30 p.m. and became crushed, according to a spokesperson from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Clifton police. Clifton police Lt. Robert Anderson said officers, firefighters, rescue officials, and EMS personnel responded and confirmed Centeneo was dead. The Clifton Police Department, represented by Robert Anderson, …
Employee Dies While Collecting Trash In Baltimore: DPW Employee Dies While Collecting Trash In Baltimore: DPW Employee Dies While Collecting Trash In Baltimore: DPW
Employee Dies While Collecting Trash In Baltimore: DPW For the second time in three months, a member of the Baltimore City Department of Public Works has died on the job, authorities announced. Timothy Cartwell, a solid waste worker assigned to the Reedbird Sanitation Yard died on Friday morning after sustaining critical injuries while collecting trash in an alleyway in the 1800 block of Baker Street. Cartwell was rushed to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he later died from his injuries, officials confirmed.  His death comes months after Robert Silver II, also a member of the Bureau of Solid Waste, died on the job after s…
Workers Injured After Torch Sparks Flash Fire At Croton-Harmon Yard Workers Injured After Torch Sparks Flash Fire At Croton-Harmon Yard Workers Injured After Torch Sparks Flash Fire At Croton-Harmon Yard
Workers Injured After Torch Sparks Flash Fire At Croton-Harmon Yard Two workers were injured when the torch they lit malfunctioned and caused a flash fire at a Northern Westchester railroad yard.  The incident happened on Thursday, Nov. 7 just before 9:45 a.m. at Metro-North's Croton-Harmon Railroad Yard in Croton-on-Hudson, according to the village's fire department. The blaze happened when two workers lit a malfunctioning torch that caused a "brief but concussive flash fire," the department said.  The workers were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. 
Man Killed When Car Falls On Him Outside Bay Shore Pep Boys Man Killed When Car Falls On Him Outside Bay Shore Pep Boys Man Killed When Car Falls On Him Outside Bay Shore Pep Boys
Man Killed When Car Falls On Him Outside Bay Shore Pep Boys A man was killed while working on a car outside a Long Island auto shop. The incident happened in Bay Shore, at the Pep Boys on Sunrise Highway, sometime overnight Wednesday, Nov. 6. Suffolk County Police said Stephan Edwards was in the parking lot working on a Kia sedan that was raised on a jack when the vehicle fell on him. The 30-year-old Edwards, of Margate, Florida, was discovered shortly before 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A police spokesperson told Daily Voice Edwards was not an employee at the business. Detectives are asking anyone with infor…
Sanitation Worker, 23, Was Transferring Trash When He Was Struck, Killed In Tenafly: Cops Sanitation Worker, 23, Was Transferring Trash When He Was Struck, Killed In Tenafly: Cops Sanitation Worker, 23, Was Transferring Trash When He Was Struck, Killed In Tenafly: Cops
Sanitation Worker, 23, Was Transferring Trash When He Was Struck, Killed In Tenafly: Cops Police in Tenafly have released details in the crash that killed a 23-year-old sanitation worker from North Arlington Monday morning, Oct. 21. The garbage truck was parked along the northbound curb of County Road when the vehicle was struck by a northbound tractor-trailer just before 7 a.m., Tenafly Police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. The crash happened just as the 23-year-old worker was transferring garbage into the truck. The impact caused significant injuries to the sanitation worker and he was pronounced dead at the scene, deMoncada said. The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 53-y…
Man Caught In Compactor At Work Dies In Milton Man Caught In Compactor At Work Dies In Milton Man Caught In Compactor At Work Dies In Milton
Man Caught In Compactor At Work Dies In Milton A 42-year-old man was killed during an industrial accident after being caught in a compactor at work in the region. The incident occurred in Saratoga County at Cottrell Paper on Rock City Road in the town of Milton around 12:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18. According to Saratoga County Sheriff's Capt. Daniel Morley, an investigation into the incident revealed that a company employee, Anthony T. Smith Jr., of Milton, had become trapped in a compactor.  Members of the company, as well as the Rock City Falls Fire Department and Community EMS, extricated him but were un…
Dad Killed, Brothers Critical After Crane Fall In Philly: Fund Says Dad Killed, Brothers Critical After Crane Fall In Philly: Fund Says Dad Killed, Brothers Critical After Crane Fall In Philly: Fund Says
Dad Killed, Brothers Critical After Crane Fall In Philly: Fund Says More than $17,000 has been raised for the family of a 47-year-old HVAC worker and father of three killed in a fall from a cherry-picker crane on Friday, Sept. 6 in West Philadelphia. The oldest of three brothers on the crane, Tuan Vuong, died en route to the hospital, according to a GoFundMe campaign.  "Our three cousins Tuan Vuong, Wei Vuong, and Nguyen Vuong were involved in a devastating construction accident in West Philadelphia," GoFundMe campaign organizers Crystal Mai and Linh Mai wrote. "A crane collapsed onto their work van, leaving them severely injured." The fatal acci…
Maryland State Police Helicopter Used To Hoist Injured Worker Who Fell From Roof Maryland State Police Helicopter Used To Hoist Injured Worker Who Fell From Roof Maryland State Police Helicopter Used To Hoist Injured Worker Who Fell From Roof
Maryland State Police Helicopter Used To Hoist Injured Worker Who Fell From Roof A Maryland State Police helicopter came to the rescue of a 25-year-old construction worker across state lines in West Virginia after he took a fall off a roof. On Monday, Maryland State Police Aviation Command rescued a construction worker who fell two stories while working on a home in Hardy County in the Ashton Woods area.  Based out of Cumberland, the helicopter was called in by the Moorefield Volunteer Fire Department and West Hardy Emergency Medical Service due to the severity of the worker's injuries, and the challenging terrain that may have led to a lengthy extraction…
Two Landscapers Airlifted After Crashing Into Home In Barnegat 55+ Community, Police Say Two Landscapers Airlifted After Crashing Into Home In Barnegat 55+ Community, Police Say Two Landscapers Airlifted After Crashing Into Home In Barnegat 55+ Community, Police Say
Two Landscapers Airlifted After Crashing Into Home In Barnegat 55+ Community, Police Say Two landscaping company employees were airlifted to hospitals after their vehicle crashed into a home in Barnegat, authorities said. Barnegat police responded to the crash in the Seacrest Pines 55-and-older adult community at around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10, the department said in a Facebook post. Investigators said two men, 46 and 42 years old, were in a vehicle that "accelerated unexpectedly through an intersection" and crashed into a Black Bear Drive home. The workers hit the windshield, causing cuts to their heads and faces. The men remained …
OSHA Investigating Fatal Fall From Cherry-Picker At Philly Construction Site, Official Says OSHA Investigating Fatal Fall From Cherry-Picker At Philly Construction Site, Official Says OSHA Investigating Fatal Fall From Cherry-Picker At Philly Construction Site, Official Says
Osha Investigating Fatal Fall From Cherry-Picker At Philly Construction Site, Official Says The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is investigating the Friday, Sept. 6 fatal fall of a  47-year-old man from a cherry-picker crane that toppled over and crushed a utility work van in West Philadelphia, authorities said. "I can confirm that OSHA is investigating this incident," Leni Fortson, regional director of public affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor, said on Monday, Sept. 9. Two other workers were left in critical condition from the two-story fall shortly before 1 p.m. at a construction site on the 4400 block of Moravian Street near 44th and 45t…
One Airlifted To Hospital After Construction Site Injury In Joppa One Airlifted To Hospital After Construction Site Injury In Joppa One Airlifted To Hospital After Construction Site Injury In Joppa
One Airlifted To Hospital After Construction Site Injury In Joppa A construction worker in Harford County suffered serious injuries and had to be airlifted to an area hospital after falling out of a truck and into the foundation of a home in Joppa.  First responders were called before noon on Tuesday, Sept. 3 to the 1400 block of Philadelphia Road, where there was a reported injury at the construction site with a possibly unstable truck at the scene. Harford According to a Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS spokesperson, the injured person was airlifted by a state police helicopter to shock trauma in Baltimore for treatment and evaluations …