Overview
- The incident occurred around 10:20 a.m. at Earth Tech Recycling in Oceanside, Nassau County, according to police.
- Officers, firefighters and emergency crews pulled two men from beneath a fallen industrial conveyor belt.
- A 68-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital and is listed in critical but stable condition.
- A 62-year-old man was transported by the Oceanside Fire Department to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Authorities have not released how the conveyor system collapsed, and further details remain pending.