East Brunswick and OSHA police are still investigating.
EAST BRUNSWICK -- Police have identified the man crushed to death in a compactor last week as a 22-year-old man Freehold resident, police said.
Alvaro Esteban died Thursday in a cardboard compactor after an industrial accident in the recycling area of the East Brunswick salvage yard, East Brunswick Lt. Sean Goggins said.
Esteban was an employee of Universal Processing, LLC, which does business at the address as Atlantic Sales & Salvage, according to Joanna Hawkins, a spokeswoman for Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Calls to the company were not returned.
East Brunswick police and fire officials were on scene at the Edgeboro Road facility just before 11:30 a.m.
No further details of the incident were made available. East Brunswick and OSHA police are still investigating.
There is no history of accident or safety violations at the facility, according to Hawkins. OSHA is a federal agency charged with enforcing workplace health and safety.
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