Industrial Accident Killed Man At Iron Pipe Company Phillipsburg
The Morning Call | January 16, 1999
A Phillipsburg man was killed in an industrial accident Tuesday afternoon at Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. in Phillipsburg. The victim was identified by the Warren County prosecutor's office as Sonny Peacock, 54. Officials said emergency crews were called to the Sitgreaves Street plant around 1:40 p.m. for a report of a man down. Warren County Prosecutor John Laky said Tuesday the death was initially not believed to be an industrial accident or suspicious. An autopsy performed Thursday by Warren County Medical Examiner Dr. Isidore Mihalakis found that Peacock died of multiple traumatic injuries consistent with an accident at Atlantic States.