Worker dies at Lakewood, NJ recycling facility

🚨 An incident at the Ocean County Northern Recycling Center happened after 10 a.m.

🚨 The worker was dead by the time first responders arrived

🚨 The circumstances of the incident were not disclosed

LAKEWOOD — One person died following an incident at the Ocean County Northern Recycling Center Wednesday morning.

Lakewood police Capt. Gregory Staffordsmith said officers responded around 10:15 a.m. to the facility on Towbin Avenue in Lakewood to a report that an employee died while working around a large dumpster. The identity of the worker was not disclosed.

The Lakewood Scoop reported the worker, a 50-year-old, was pinned inside a bin.

Fire truck enters Ocean County Northern Recycling Center in Lakewood 1/31/24 (The Lakewood Scoop)

OSHA referred an inquiry about an investigation to the New Jersey Department of Health's Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health (PEOSH) office.

The Ocean County Northern Recycling Center is a recyclable materials processing center. The facility includes a recycling education center and is a commercial brush and leaves drop-off.

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