Brooklyn Workplace Accident
Last week a Department of Environmental Protection worker was killed in a workplace accident in Brooklyn after a conveyor belt he was moving with some coworkers collapsed on him. Another man was injured in the incident as he was trying to help the victim. Trolman, Glaser and Lichtman senior partner Jeffrey Lichtman had this to say about the accident:
I have seen countless accidents where safety regulations are violated taking the life of an innocent worker. What is most troubling to me is that these accidents could be prevented. In this particular incident, Mr. Montello was killed when a conveyor belt collapsed on him at the Brooklyn Sewage Treatment Plant where he works. This case is still under investigation and we will follow it in order to determine what happened. My hope is that the sewage plant didn’t ignore safety violations which in turn took this 45 year old father’s life.
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