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A construction worker died after an incident at a South Burlington, Vermont, job site on Tuesday, when he was hit and pinned under material that fell off a forklift, according to NBC affiliate WPTZ-TV. The worker killed at the Williston Road construction site was an employee of PC Construction, the South Burlington Police Department told WPTZ. First responders gave first…

A two-year-old boy was killed in an incident at his family’s auto repair shop in Cohasset, Massachusetts, on Thursday, police said. The child was rushed to a police station nearby by his grandfather, who had apparently been caring for him, about 12:40 p.m. according to Cohasset Police Chief William Quigley. The boy was rushed to South Shore Hospital from...

A construction worker was killed at a shuttered hospital in Brockton, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, officials said. The 63-year-old man was leveling gravel when a Bobcat construction vehicle fell on him about 12:06 p.m., Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene; Cruz said he had “very significant injuries. He was identified as Roger…

A Massachusetts man died Friday after he fell from a platform while servicing a gantry crane at Conley Terminal in South Boston, state police said.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited two contractors for demolition and asbestos hazards following a building collapse at the former Boston Edison power plant in South Boston last May that caused an employee to lose his legs and injured two others. NorthStar Contracting was cited for eight violations of workplace safety standards, with OSHA proposing nearly $400,000 in…