Man Dead In Peabody Industrial Accident
PEABODY (CBS) - A worker was killed in an industrial accident in Peabody early Friday afternoon.
Investigators were called to Allied Waste Services on Forest Street just off Route 1 around noon.
Peabody police said the male worker was bending down to clear a drain while a front-end loader was backing up and did not see him. The worker was later identified as 26-year-old Joshua Black of Wilmington, according to WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Kim Tunnicliffe reported.
Police and officials from OSHA are investigating the incident as an accidental death.
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