NYC construction owner charged with homicide in worker’s death
The owner of a New York City construction company has been charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of an employee.
News sources say Michael Weiss is accused of ignoring repeated requests for material to use in shoring up a retaining wall adjacent to a site where his employees were conducting excavation. Fernando Vanegaz, an 18-year-old immigrant from Ecuador, died when the wall collapsed, sending masonry blocks and debris onto Vanegaz and two other workers, who were injured.