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Company Fined Nearly $50K After Winthrop Employee Dies At Boston Logan 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…
Worker ID'd After Crushing Death Between Forklift, Tractor-Tractor in York
A 30-year-old person has been identified following a crash involving a tractor-trailer and a forklift at work in Manchester Township on Thursday.
The coroner identified the victim as Joseph Via III, "Joey, who was in the process of transitioning to Lizzy," her stepmother, Sue Frederick Via, said in a Facebook post.
She was found unresponsive and entrapped between a forklift and a parked tractor-trailer at her place of work, C-P Flexible Packaging, located at 15 Grumbacher Road, Manchester Township at 11:10 a.m. on Nov. 30, authorities explained. "It is unknown exa…
Construction Company Owner, Employee Charged In Vernon Trench Collapse Death
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…
Worker Killed In Cecil County Landfill Accident Was 'Honest, Hardworking,' Friend Says
An industrial accident at the Cecil County Landfill left a Colora man dead after he was trapped under heavy machinery he had been working on, officials announced.
Investigators from the Cecil County Sheriff's Office say that Stephen Brown, 37, died on Thursday, Dec. 29 when he was fixing a piece of equipment that accidentally fell on him, pinning him to death.
Other workers attempted to rescue him and perform life-saving measures, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to officials, who noted that Brown was employed by a company contracted through the Cecil County government.
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