Worker Killed At Fenix Auto Parts In Woodbridge

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — An employee at Fenix Auto Parts in Woodbridge was crushed to death in a workplace accident on Dec. 28, according to Woodbridge Police.

This happened at 5:31 a.m. on Dec. 28, when the man was crushed by a loading ramp, according to Robert Brady, the Woodbridge Police Department’s chief law enforcement officer.

The worker was only identified as a 38-year-old resident of Somerset. Brady said he could not release the man's name, as the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has now taken over the investigation.

"Apparently he was underneath the ramp and I don't know if a pin or stabilizer was removed, but at some point the ramp crushed him," said Brady. "We got there pretty immediately after it happened, but the man was pronounced deceased at the scene."

This occurred at Fenix Auto Parts located on Leesville Avenue in Avenel, on the Woodbridge-Rahway border. The business is technically called Fenix Parts Rahway.