Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Suzanne M. Bump announced last month that the state is launching a new EOLWD website and toll-free hotline, 1-877-96-LABOR, so that workers can report suspected workplace fraud activity. Attorney Michael Bradley, formerly of the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office and the Plymouth County…
Last week in Lawrence, Massachusetts, a 10-wheel Mack truck killed Robert Augeri of Londonderry, Mass. Augeri died at 1:30 am on his 31st birthday while working for Brox Industries on a highway paving project on Interstate 495. The truck, which was driven by Robert McCann of Methuen, Mass., had backed…
Massachusetts contractors Shawnlee Construction and James T. Lynch Contractors, Inc., potentially face over $100,000 in fines for violating federal safety standards, announced the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) last week. OSHA says the construction site of a new McDonald’s restaurant in Concord, New Hampshire put construction workers and other…