WORKER'S DEATH PROBED BY STATE.Byline: EUGENE TONG tong 1 tr.v. tonged, tong·ing, tongs To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs. Staff Writer GLENDALE -- State workplace-safety officials on Thursday investigated the death of a 40-year-old Lancaster carpenter who was run over by a bulldozer at the $324 million Americana at Brand Americana at Brand will be a large outdoor shopping community in Glendale, California. The site is owned by Caruso Affiliated, who owns many other commercial properties such as The Grove at Farmers Market in Los Angeles, CA. construction site. Eddie Francisco Montoya was struck about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the 15.5-acre site along Brand Boulevard and died at the scene. Work resumed Thursday on the mixed-use shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into and residential project slated to open next year. California Department of Occupational Safety and Health investigators spent about three hours at the scene Wednesday. They believe the bulldozer's driver, who was backing up after moving soil, didn't see Montoya, said Dean Fryer, a Cal-OSHA spokesman. Montoya was an employee of HB Parkco of Costa Mesa Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , a concrete subcontractor One who takes a portion of a contract from the principal contractor or from another subcontractor. When an individual or a company is involved in a large-scale project, a contractor is often hired to see that the work is done. preparing the building's foundations. Inquiries about the incident were referred to the developer, Los Angeles-based Caruso Affiliated Caruso Affiliated is a real estate development company in California, U.S.A.. It is headed by Rick Caruso. It is known particularly for building higher-end outdoor shopping centers. . ``Safety is of the utmost importance in all of our projects and nothing like this has ever occurred in the history of our company,'' said Michael McManus Michael McManus may refer to:
Fryer said investigators are reviewing equipment and training procedures to ensure general safety rules were followed. The inquiry will take at least two months. Stuart Tom, chief building official with the city of Glendale, said he saw no problems at the site during past visits. ``Each time I've been on that site, the work has been running in what appeared to be a very orderly operation,'' he said. ``It seemed to have been very, very well planned.'' Bounded by Brand Boulevard, Central Avenue and Colorado Street, Americana at Brand includes 475,000 square feet of retail space. It also will offer 238 apartments, 100 condominiums and a two-acre park. Crews are currently building the foundation and strengthening the soil. Staff Writer Rachel Uranga contributed to this report. eugene.tong@dailynews.com (818) 546-3304 |
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