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Forklift Crushes, Kills Worker in South Jersey

A forklift accidentally crushed a worker at a South Jersey concrete company Wednesday afternoon.

A forklift ran over Rodrigo Ocampo at Boccella Precast LLC at New Brooklyn Road and AC Moore Drive in Berlin around 1:25 p.m., said Winslow Township Police.

It appeared Ocampo, a 61-year-old Egg Harbor Township man, walked into the path of a forklift hauling a large hopper filled with concrete, said police. The forklift operator couldn't see Ocampo.

When investigators arrived they found Ocampo stuck underneath the forks and medics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Bocella has made fabricated concrete products since 1969, according to the company’s website.

No one from the company immediately responded to NBC10's request for comment.

OSHA would investigate the circumstances surrounding the death and no one was charged, said police.

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