Demolition company fined following fatal craneway collapse
OSHA says a Lynnfield, Mass., demolition company's failure to properly secure an unstable steel craneway led to January's fatal collapse at the former Fore River shipyard in Braintree, Mass., and the agency has cited the firm for 15 alleged violations of safety and health standards with proposed penalties of $60,400.
Testa Corp. was the general contractor for the demolition of the 190-foot tall steel craneway superstructure. On Jan. 26, two workers were killed and several others injured when the craneway collapsed onto an adjacent building from which workers were removing asbestos.