Updated April 25
A worker from Fall River died Tuesday after falling between 20 and 30 feet from a residential construction site on Trapps Pond Road in Edgartown.
On Tuesday at 2:53 pm, Edgartown Police and Fire departments were dispatched to a report of an individual who had fallen from scaffolding. Upon arrival, they located the injured male outside where he had landed, in the walk-out basement egress.
First responders provided medical care and extricated the critically injured worker by ambulance to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital; he was pronounced dead shortly afterward.
The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office on Thursday identified the victim as Jorge Marcelo Yanza Riera, a 34-year-old from Fall River.
The incident is under investigation by the Edgartown Police, Massachusetts State Police, OSHA, and the Cape and Island’s District Attorney’s office.
“Our thoughts and condolences go out to the family and friends of the worker,” said Edgartown Police Chief Chris Dolby in a statement.
This is the second time this year that a construction worker has fallen to his death in Edgartown. The district attorney’s office ruled the previous death accidental.
The Fall River Reporter reported that Riera came to America a little over two years ago from Ecuador to build a better future for his family, and he was described as a hard-working man, full of life, and always smiling. According to the article, Riera is the third Ecuadorian individual residing in Fall River to die on a construction site this year, and the second on Martha’s Vineyard.
OSHA regulations are driving up the cost of housing.
They must be eliminated by Executive Order.
Come on! This is no joke a person died for gods sake. Who is the contractor who let this happen. Rules say you must be tied in harness and all. These two men would still be alive. I’m asking the MV Times to investigate this on going problem. Follow the rules or get fined or lose your contractors license
Yea, Albert, safety is WAY too expensive. Much more efficient to work without all those pesky safety precautions. Besides, isn’t safety for wimps? I bet Hess is man enough to disregard safety.
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