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A woman died Friday after falling into a meat processor at a factory in Woodbridge, New Jersey.
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OSHA and the Woodbridge Police Department are investigating the woman’s death.
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United Premium Foods’ CEO said the company will “cooperate fully with the official investigation.”
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and local police are then investigating A woman fell into a large meat processor in New Jersey on Friday.
according to CBS Newsa worker at the United Premium Foods processing plant in Woodbridge, NJ has died after falling into the large machinery while it was in operation.
A spokesperson for the town of Woodbridge said police responded to a call of an industrial accident at the food processing plant at around 12:30pm on Friday, according to The Guardian. USA Today.
United Premium Foods did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment, but company CEO Ken Meyer told CBS that it was “devastated by the loss of our longtime employee, who was a beloved member of our company.”
“Our deepest condolences go out to her daughter at this difficult time,” he said. We are fully cooperating with the official investigation.”
She said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Woodbridge Police Department are investigating the woman’s death RLS modesIt is a digital media company based in New Jersey.
United Premiums Foods and the police have not released the woman’s name. The Woodbridge Police Department did not respond to Insider’s request for comment on Sunday.
United Premium Foods packages staples including Italian meats and other smoked meats, according to News 12 NJ. United also mass-produces pet food, according to the outlet.
It could be food processing plants Hazardous workplaceswhere employees work in close quarters on dangerous equipment.
On July 14, a 16-year-old boy He died working at a poultry plant in Mississippi After the equipment was trapped on the conveyor belt.
A spokesperson for Mar Jack’s Poultry Factory in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, said that an outside staffing agency misled the company by misrepresenting the boy’s age, According to HuffPost.
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