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Article: NO STATE AGENCY REGULARLY INSPECTS GEAR THAT CRASHED
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 4, 2006
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No governmental agency in Massachusetts is responsible for
regularly inspecting movable scaffolding like the equipment that
crashed onto Boylston Street and killed three people, the city of
Boston's chief building inspector said yesterday.
Gary Moccia said that the state previously regulated such
platforms and required a specific permit for them. But he said that
the agency responsible was dismantled and that no other agency has
stepped into the breach. The US Department of Labor's Occupational
Safety and Health Administration usually does not inspect unless
there is an accident, he said.
The city ordered the contractors to stop work on the job
yesterday, Moccia said. A local crane company ...