Investigation Starts on Deadly Boston Mishap 4/4/2006
Investigators began the grim task of evaluating the possible causes of the April 3 scaffold collapse onto a busy Boston street. A passing motorist and two workers were killed.
Workers for subcontractor Bostonian Masonry Corp., Norwood, Mass., and general contractor Macomber Builders, Boston, had been dismantling a mast-climbing platform lift that had been used to renovate a dormitory and student center building for Emerson College. When the accident occurred, sections of the mast-climbing platform lift fell onto Boylston Street onto a car driven by Michael Ty, 28. Two Bostonian employees, Robert Beane, 41, and Romildo Silva, 27, also were killed. Several other bystanders were injured and the accident closed the street for hours. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Mass. Dept of Public Safety are investigating.