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Officials Investigate Fatal Heavy Machinery Accident In Plainfield Township

By Lependorf & Silverstein

Federal officials are investigating a workplace industrial accident that occurred in Plainfield Township, which killed 60-year-old William H. Edwards, a Monroe County man. According to a news report in The Express Times, Edwards suffered from head trauma after a machine he was working on at RPM Recycling gave way and broke landing on his head. Edwards reportedly died on the scene. Although township police call it an ?unfortunate accident,? federal officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, who were notified soon after the accident as per procedure, are investigating the fatal accident. According to the report, another worker was helping Edwards mount a sorting tray on a steel recycling machine when a weld broke causing the tray to hit Edwards on the head...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on May 25, 2008 (boomark / email).