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#workplace-fatality

A 71-year-old man died on Monday after falling into a large vat of mineral oil at a New Jersey chemical plant, police and the company said Tuesday. The incident occurred at around 1:30 p.m. at the Bayway Chemical Plant in Linden when the subcontractor fell into a 6,000-gallon container he was loading with oil. He was retrieved by responders from the Bayway and Linden fire departments, but pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

A garbage truck operator has died after he was struck by the truck he was operating in Scarborough on Tuesday morning, Toronto police say.

The victim of Tuesday's trench collapse in South Yarmouth has been identified. Miguel Reis, 61, of Fall River, died inside the trench, according to the Town of Yarmouth. Two other workers were injured in the collapse at 152 South Shore Drive near the Skipper Chowder House. One of the injured workers is currently receiving care at Rhode Island Hospital after being airlifted there, according to the town's statement.