Metro

Contractor crushed to death by oversized crate

A contractor was fatally crushed by an oversized crate Tuesday morning near the Throgs Neck Bridge, cops said.

The man, Electrician Nick Cavataio, 62,was working outside the MTA Bridges and Tunnels building in The Bronx at about 7:45 a.m. when he was hit by the box, which had a 2,700-pound battery-operated ­device inside, officials said.

Cavataio, of East Stroudsburg, Pa., was pronounced dead at the scene.

Cavataio worked for a private company, Hellman Electric, which is upgrading the building’s electrical supply.

“He was unloading a large piece of electrical equipment for a project to be installed at headquarters not the bridge itself,” said Adam Lisberg, spokesman for the MTA.

The facility is located on the Queens bound side of the bridge near the Pennyfield Avenue exit, cops said.

“It was a type of truck that had a lift. It’s too early to tell if the equipment malfunctioned,” the spokesman added.

There were no other reported injuries.