NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A worker at the soon-to-open American Dream mall in East Rutherford, N.J. was killed Wednesday afternoon, the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Thursday.
New Jersey state police identified the worker as 37-year-old Eric Papenfuhs of Hampton, N.J. He was operating a utility vehicle on a parking deck when he struck a parked flatbed trailer.
He was pronounced dead at Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Center.
The incident took place between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Wednesday, the OSHA said.
The victim was employed by Sentinel Services. The company does not have any OSHA history, the federal agency said.
Neither the cause of death or the victim's identity was released.
OSHA has a total of six months to conduct its investigation and release its findings.
American Dream is slated to open in phases at the end of this month, following a series of delays.
When all areas are open by next spring, it will feature more than 450 stores and restaurants in addition to an amusement park, indoor ski slope, ice skating rink, water park and more.
