The employee killed in a rock crusher in Swampscott Monday has been recognized as Christopher Perry, 37, of Lynn.
Police have been known as to the scene of Aggregate Industries at 30 Danvers Road, Swampscott, at about 1 p.m. Monday for what the Essex District Attorney’s workplace in a short assertion described as “a problem in a rock rusher” suspended above the quarry.
Perry and one other employee have been cleansing the within of the gadget “when an apparent mechanical malfunction occurred,” based on the DA’s workplace assertion.
Perry was pronounced useless on the scene, whereas the opposite employee was not injured.
The incident is being investigated by State Police detectives assigned to the DA’s workplace, Swampscott Police, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Aggregate Industries has been cited by OSHA 15 instances prior to now decade, and its mum or dad firm, Holcim US Inc., has been cited 25 instances in the identical interval, based on an evaluation of OSHA information by employee rights group MassCOSH.
“It is especially discouraging to look back on the history of extensive warnings this company and its affiliates have received over the last decade, only to have those warnings culminate in this incredibly tragic and preventable event,” MassCOSH Chief of Strategy and Engagement Al Vega stated in an announcement Thursday, earlier than the employee’s identify was divulged.
A Holcim spokeswoman stated that the investigation is ongoing by native authorities and that the corporate “will provide additional details as appropriate.”
“The safety of our employees and contractors, and the communities in which we live and work, are our top priority. We’d like to express our sincere condolences to the family of the individual who passed away at our Swampscott site,” stated Holcim chief U.S. spokeswoman Lynn Safranek in an announcement to the Herald. “This is a tragic and very difficult incident.”
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