Thereâs no excuse for the deaths at High Street
The company involved in the tragic Feb. 24 incident shouldnât have been working in Boston.
Updated March 8, 2021, 3:00 a.m.
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A hard hat rests on top of a construction vehicle near the site on High Street where two construction workers died on Feb. 24.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
In memory of Jordan Romero and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez â two hard-working men who died terrible deaths at a downtown Boston construction site on Feb. 24 â take 15 or 20 seconds to
go to osha.gov. Type the phrase âestablishment searchâ in the little box in the right-hand corner.
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
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
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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.
âIt was a panicâ: Accident at construction site in downtown Boston leaves two dead; city suspends utility company involved
By Danny McDonald, Charlie McKenna and John R. Ellement Globe Staff, Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff,Updated February 24, 2021, 8:32 p.m.
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Family and friends of the victims watched as bodies were taken out of the construction hole where an accident occurred in Boston on Wednesday.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Two workers were killed Wednesday at a construction site in downtown Boston after they were hit by a truck and knocked into a hole in the road, a grisly accident that horrified onlookers and left grief-stricken relatives crying out for answers.
2 men killed after being hit by dump truck and falling into a trench in Boston’s Financial District
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Two workers were found dead Wednesday morning at a construction site in Boston’s Financial District, authorities said.
Boston police and firefighters, among them technical rescue personnel, were sent to the area of 190 High St. around 8 a.m. after receiving a report of two pedestrians hit by a truck, public safety officials in the city said at a press conference Wednesday morning.
Officers, firefighters and EMS personnel soon located the workers in a hole at the construction site. The two individuals were pronounced dead at the scene after a firefighter and a EMS paramedic were lowered into the hole to assess the situation. Authorities then started to work to recover their bodies, according to officials.