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Company Fined Nearly $50K After Employee Crushed To Death At Boston Airport In 2023: Osha
A Winthrop father and Desert Storm veteran who was killed last year while working at Boston Logan Airport was not properly trained on the forklift he was driving when it crashed and fell on top of him, federal regulators said on Monday, March 11. The company he worked for now faces nearly $50,000 in fines for the incident.
Raul Orengo Santiago, 51, died on August 29, 2023, after the forklift he was driving clipped a beam, tipped over, and fell on top of him, an OSHA report of the fatal accident said. Fellow employees used an aircraft tow bar to lift the heavy equipment o…
Construction Company Owner, Employee From Region Charged In Trench Collapse
The owner of a Connecticut construction company and an equipment operator has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a worker who was buried in a collapsed trench.
The incident took place in Tolland County on Friday, July 22, 2022, at a construction site in Vernon that killed Hartford County resident, Dennis Slater, age 56, of East Windsor.
Hartford County resident Dennis Botticello, age 67, of Suffield, and Tolland County resident Glen Locke, age 65, of Somers, were charged on Friday, March 3 in connection with a fatal trench collapse, said Lt. Robert Marr…
