On Tuesday morning August 31, a forklift collapsed at a Paterson, New Jersey auto shop. The accident happened shortly before 9:30 a.m. at Bejji Dismantling on Presidential Boulevard.
One worker was killed in the accident and another was critically injured. Their identities have not yet been released. Police report that a worker was working on a car when the forklift gave way and the car fell crushing the employee to death. The injured worker was hurt trying to help his coworker. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center.
OSHA was called to the scene of this New Jersey workplace accident. We extend our condolences to the family of the worker who was killed and our best wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured worker.
