A Maine construction company has been fined $95,000 by federal regulators following the death of an employee in March at its offices in Marshfield.
Shaun Moody, 41, worked as a truck technician for Hanscom Construction, which also serviced and sold parts for Mack trucks, when he died at the company’s property at 384 Ridge Road on March 28 of this year.
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration later identified 18 violations at the company’s base of operations when it inspected the property in the wake of Moody’s death, according to inspection data the agency has publicly posted online.
OSHA imposed penalties ranging from below $3,000 to more than $16,000 for 15 of the violations, while the remaining violations did not carry any fines. The types of violations Hanscom was fined for include not having adequate safety guards on machinery, insufficient safety training, inadequate safety precautions while making equipment repairs, improper handling and training in use of chemical compounds, and inadequate fire safety precautions, among others.
Details about what happened at the property that led to Moody’s death have not been disclosed, and were unavailable Thursday. The state medical examiner’s office, OSHA and Hanscom Construction did not respond to email or voicemail messages requesting information about the case.
Moody lived in Roque Bluffs, was married and the father of two children, according to his obituary. He was born in Blue Hill, graduated from high school in Machias, and then obtained an associate degree in mechanical engineering from Washington County Community College in Calais.
Moody worked for Hanscom Construction for four years.
