✅ A man was found with injuries resulting from operating a wood chipper

✅ The incident is considered accidental by the Prosecutor's Office

✅ OSHA is also investigating


FLEMINGTON — A man was found dead in a cemetery near a wood-chipping machine Wednesday afternoon.

Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson said Flemington police were called to the Saint Magdalen Cemetery on Thatchers Hill Road around 6:20 p.m. and found Eonias Mateo-Perez, 22, of Flemington, was found with injuries resulting from operating the equipment.

A preliminary investigation determined his death was accidental, Robeson said.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is investigating Mateo-Perez's death, said he worked for William LaRue Services of Flemington. Spokeswoman Joanna Hawkins said the company has no prior history with OSHA.

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