OSHA is investigating the death of a 56-year old man in an accident yesterday at a Paterson, New Jersey worksite.
According to a statement by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald, police responded to the address at approximately 9:18 a.m. yin response to a reported construction accident. First responders found Joseph Perillo with serious injuries and transported him to a local hospital, where he later died.
The investigation has so far determined that Perillo, who worked for Eastern Contractors LLC, had been working on the roof and had fallen off the building into an empty dumpster.