Worker dies in machine at ICCO Cheese Co. in Orangeburg: Cops
Matt Spillane, Rockland/Westchester Journal News
January 24, 2019
ORANGETOWN, NY -
A worker at an Orangeburg cheese company died in a mixing machine at the facility recently, police said.
Edwin Nunez Galvez died on Jan. 15 at ICCO Cheese Co. at 1 Olympic Drive, Orangetown police said in a statement on Tuesday.
The 41-year-old resident of Paterson, New Jersey, was found in a mixing machine at his work station around 10:30 a.m. that day, police said. Rockland paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
Police said that the incident appears to be accidental, and that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration also responded.
ICCO officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
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The Orangeburg cheese company worker who was found inside a mixing machine died of blunt impact and crushing injuries, according to the Rockland County medical examiner.
Edwin Nunez was pronounced dead the morning of Jan. 15 after Orangetown police responded to ICCO Cheese Co. at 10:30 a.m.
The 41-year-old Paterson, New Jersey, man had worked for ICCO for about 18 months, according to Orangetown police, who are investigating the death as an accident.
The company, which makes grated cheese, bread crumbs and seasonings, does not have cameras in the area where the incident occurred.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Tarrytown office has begun an inspection to determine if there were any workplace safety violations in connection with the incident, according to an OSHA spokesman. An estimate about when that would be completed was unavailable.
OSHA has not previously inspected the company's facility, according to the spokesman.
The company did not respond to a phone call or email on Thursday.
ICCO started as a family-owned cheese shop in the 1930s in Brooklyn, according to its website.
The company moved its facility to Olympic Drive in Orangeburg in 1999 and has since expanded, according to the town. In 2009, it employed about 66 workers.
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