OSHA: Proper Planning, Safeguards Could Have Prevented New Bedford Dock Collapse, U.S. Department of Labor Inspection Finds
April 11, 2024
April 11, 2024
BRAINTREE, Massachusetts, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor\'s Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 1 issued the following news release:
A Connecticut marine and heavy construction contractor could have prevented the October 2023 collapse of a 200-foot section of pier on Hervey Tichon Avenue in New Bedford -- which plunged five workers into the Acushnet River and injured two of them -- by adhering to legally required safety standards, a U.S. Department of Labo . . .
A Connecticut marine and heavy construction contractor could have prevented the October 2023 collapse of a 200-foot section of pier on Hervey Tichon Avenue in New Bedford -- which plunged five workers into the Acushnet River and injured two of them -- by adhering to legally required safety standards, a U.S. Department of Labo . . .