Crime & Safety
Naugatuck Man Dies After Being Struck By Payloader
The accident happened on Tuesday in Stamford.
By DJ McAneny
A 59-year-old Naugatuck man died after being hit by a payloader at the O&G Industries plant in Stamford on Tuesday.
The victim, whose name was being withheld pending family notification, was a nine-year veteran of the Canal Street plant.
The accident occurred at 11:58 a.m. Tuesday when a Caterpillar front-end loader operating within the yard of O&G Industries struck the worker, who was declared deceased upon police arrival, police said.
The operator of the loader was a 64-year-old Litchfield man who has been employed at O&G Industries for 19 years.
Stamford Police were joined in the investigation by representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner who both sent representative to the scene.
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