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.