The criminal trial of the man accused of fatally striking a Framingham highway worker is about to start. Jeremy Gardner faces the criminal charges of motor vehicle homicide and drunk driving. According to police, Gardner, 31, fatally struck Gregory Vilidnitsky, 57, on Route 9 on September 14, 2010. At the…
A construction worker who sustained serious back injuries has reached a $1.6 million Boston injury settlement with the defendants of his Massachusetts construction accident lawsuit. The plaintiff, Leo Camilli, was hurt while excavating broken chunks of sidewalk during a job for Cicconi and Sons Construction Company, Inc. Camilli contends that…
According to news reports, a propane tank exploded at Weston High School today at a construction site. Neither the high school building-apparently about 25 feet from the propane tank-nor any student was affected by the explosion, and the fire was quickly extinguished. A 50-year-old construction worker, however, did appear to…
Two-and-a-half years after suffering severe electrical burns during a construction accident, Dallas Wiens has received a complete face transplant. Over 30 doctors, anesthesiologists, and nurses at Brigham and Woman’s Hospital in Boston conducted the procedure to give the 25-year-old construction worker a new face. After the boom lift he was…
According to Massachusetts’ Division of Capital Asset Management, a worker sustained serious leg and arm injuries in the Salem construction accident at the Ruane Judicial Center site last summer because a contractor used the wrong kind of screws on a limestone panel. The 500-pound panel ended up falling four feet…
According to the Boston wrongful death lawyer of William Nichols’ family, the propane tank that exploded to cause his fatal Norfolk, Massachusetts construction accident last summer did not have ethyl mercaptan, a chemical odorant used to warn when there is a propane leak. Nichols, a 48-year-old Blackstone electrician, was working…
The Readville neighborhood residents whose homes were damaged from Wednesday’s explosion on Danny Road are now assessing damage, according to the Boston Globe. Dozens of windows were shattered and one homeowner believes that her house was moved from its foundation. After the explosion, 40 homes had to be evacuated. According…
The fatal explosion which occurred during a Massachusetts condominium construction project in July has led the state attorney general to investigate the delivery of faulty propane to locations across New England and New York. Martha Coakley, the Attorney General, stated that the propane from a facility in Westfield lacks the…
A construction worker hurt his back and fractured his ribs on Monday during what is being described as a Shrewsbury slip and fall accident through the roof of an AutoZone that is under construction. The victim is employed by M&M Drywall of Georgia, a subcontractor for this job. The worker…
In Boston, one worker has died and another suffered serious injuries when a crane fell at Suffolk University on Saturday morning. The crane was being used to inspect the roof of a seven-story dorm building when it tipped over, causing its 110-foot arm to crash into a building and barely…