A construction worker was crushed to death by 15,000 pounds of building materials at a work site in Brooklyn. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK – Nearly five years after a construction worker was crushed to death by 15,000 pounds of building materials at a work site in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, the contractor who oversaw the site was found guilty on Thursday of homicide, in a rare instance of a construction company being held criminally liable in the death of a labourer.
The law was named after Mr Carlos Moncayo, 22, who was crushed to death by thousands of pounds of dirt at a Manhattan construction site in 2015. Jiaxi “Jimmy” Liu, 49, who operated the construction company, WSC Group Inc., was convicted on charges including criminally negligent homicide and tax fraud, and faces a maximum sentence of eight to 16 years in prison.
Almonte was one of those workers. He had worked as a welder in the Dominican Republic, The City reported, and moved to the United States in 2016.Prosecutors said workers had told Liu that the rear wall was unstable and additional support was needed. A resident of a nearby building complained that her patio and garage had caved in. But Liu never stopped work, nor did he notify the Department of Buildings.
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