A worker has died after an accident involving a payloader in Berlin Tuesday afternoon, police said.
The police department said they responded to an industrial accident at a recycling center, CWPM, LLC, on Christian Lane just before 1 p.m.
Authorities said a large industrial payloader had struck and seriously injured a worker at the facility.
Emergency crews said they tried to resuscitate the worker, but he died at the scene.
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The worker is a 66-year-old man. His identity is being withheld pending family notification.
The Midstate Accident Reconstruction Squad and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are assisting with the investigation.
