Undisclosed violations could have halted construction companyâs work in Boston; two killed in downtown accident
The workplace deaths raise questions about safety practices at Atlantic Coast Utilities, as well as the cityâs oversight of contractors.
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Firefighters prepared to move the bodies of two men from a hole in High Street in Boston on Wednesday.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
The owner of the company involved in a fatal construction accident this week in downtown Boston failed to disclose to the city that his company had numerous workplace safety violations, which could have disqualified it from construction work, records show.
GoFundMe set up for family of Carlos Gutierrez, one of two workers killed after being hit by truck and falling into hole in Boston’s Financial District
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GoFundMe set up for family of Carlos Gutierrez, one of two workers who died at Boston construction site
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A GoFundMe page has been set up for the family of 32-year-old Carlos Gutierrez, one of two workers killed Wednesday morning after reportedly being hit by a truck and falling into a hole at a construction site in Boston’s Financial District.
The fundraiser for Gutierrez’s family was started by Diana Perez, a close friend of the family. As of Friday morning the page had received $925 in donations of its $6,000 goal.
February 25, 2021
Two families are mourning the loss of loved ones and authorities are investigating after a “tragic incident” at a construction site in Boston on Wednesday morning left two workers dead.
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“We will work tirelessly to understand how this happened in order to create safer conditions in the future,” Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said in the hours after the tragedy.
Investigators have said they are still in the process of determining the exact series of events that resulted in the deaths of the two men, whose identities have not been released by authorities. Family members have identified the two workers as Jordan Romero, 28, and Carlos Gutierres, 32.
Two people were killed in a construction accident in Boston on Wednesday morning. Police said they were called to the area of 190 High St. in the city's.