An investigation was opened following the death of a structure in a parking lot cave earlier this week.
Peter Monsini, 51, was killed on March 26 when a crane collapsed in a parking lot under the structure of the Government Centre. Monsini was a bulldozer when the floor gave way under him, causing him to drop about a hundred feet.
“We were devastated when we were informed that we lost a brother who was a member of Local Four in a tragic and horrific structural turn of fate in Boston,” Bill McLaughlin, advertising director for the International Union of Operations Engineers, Local Four, wrote in a statement. declaration. ” He is a wonderful friend to many of us and we will miss him very much. “
Following the incident, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, in collaboration with the District Attorney’s Office, launched an investigation to find out what had happened.
“The City of Boston is working with city, state and federal investigators to find the cause of this tragic accident,” City Councilman Ed Flynn wrote in a statement. “It is imperative that we ensure that the staff in our structure are safe when they do their job and that we have measures in place to prevent tragic injuries like this from falling again. “
According to the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, the company controlling the time of the accident, JDC Demolition, and its parent company, J. Derenzo, “have a history of unsafe operating conditions. “
“A painter who applied for J. Derenzo died in the paintings in April 2018. The painter was in the bucket of a bulldozer to disassemble a trench box when he was fatally shot in the chest through a component of the box,” he said in a statement.
According to OSHA records, JDC Demolition has been a victim of crimes in the past, adding a $4,900 fine in February 2014, a $9,800 fine in March 2016, and a $12,288 fine in June 2021.
HYM Investment Group, the company behind the Government Center’s garage project, wrote that it had received all the “appropriate permits” and had “top-notch contractors” working.
“In light of the terrible tragedy that occurred on Saturday night, we are cooperating fully with investigators to compile all the facts in order to make a real resolution about what happened,” HYM wrote in a joint statement with national real estate advisors.
Jeff Newton, MassCOSH’s communications director, said structure corporations want to put “people before profits and protection over time. “
“We need corporations to make sure that staff are trained on the type of hazards they’re going to see at this specific job site and spend time making [construction] more effective and safer than possible,” Newton said.
Newton added that MassCOSH is running to pass an infraction disclosure and occupational protection law, which would allow the state to view the protection records of contractors bidding for public projects.
“We believe the regulations are strict, now we just want strict enforcement and the ability to praise smart corporations with smart stories, not investment organizations and corporations that have shown they can’t keep their staff on the job,” Newton said.
In the wake of the incident, near the orange and Green Line stations suspended.
“Because most of the debris resulting from the partial collapse of the garage fell to the surface above the Green Line, structural engineers are conducting a thorough review and evaluation of the tunnels used through green Line trains,” MBTA wrote in a March 29 statement. press release.
The ferries were to upgrade the service between Gare du Nord and the Government Centre. Green Line service remains suspended.
Orange Line service between North and Back Bay stations resumed on March 29, according to a press release.
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