A 52-year-old male worker has died following an accident on Monday, Nov. 6, involving a cement mixer at 1140 Grinnell Place in the Hunts Point section of The Bronx, according to the NYPD and emergency services.

An EMS spokesperson said they received a call regarding the accident at Grinnell Place, located between Barry Street and East 156th Street on Monday at 1.24 p.m. They said a person got “entangled” in machinery, reported to be a cement mixer truck, and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Norwood News reached out to NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) for more information and following a preliminary investigation, officials informed us that DOB personnel were called to 1140 Grinnell Place, a commercial place occupied as a concrete ready-mix plant in the South Bronx, after receiving reports that a worker had been injured by a piece of machinery.

According to DOB officials, their preliminary investigation at the scene determined that the worker had been killed while cleaning a concrete truck. They added that inspectors also determined the site was not a construction site and no construction operations were active at the time of the accident.

As a result, DOB determined the incident falls outside of the department’s purview. They said DOB inspectors have referred the case to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for follow-up.

Norwood News also contacted the NYPD for more information on the incident. A police spokesperson later confirmed, “A 52-year-old male was involved in a work accident.” They said the victim’s name was being withheld pending proper family notification and that he had sustained injuries to his head and upper body.

We asked if the victim was alone or with a colleague at the time of the accident. The spokesperson could not confirm. “He was prepping the cement truck,” he said, adding the name of company which owned the truck was called CNB Contracting Corp, which specializes in trucking, concrete, masonry, excavation, sheet and pipe piling, underpinning, tiebacks, restoration of roads, asphalt milling, paving, and various types of utility work.

Norwood News has reached out to CNB Contracting Corp for comment. We did not receive an immediate response.

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