GREENWICH TWP. — A 63-year-old man working for a sandblasting contractor at the Paulsboro Refinery died at about 9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 2 when an air compressor line broke and hit him in the head.

Authorities said Gary Grimming was an employee of G. C. Zarnas & Co., of Bethehem, Pa., and was sandblasting a tank when the accident happened. He died instantly, said authorities.

Investigators responded from the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, the Gloucester County Medical Examiner’s Office and the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration.