Teen Dies in Construction Accident
17-year-old Pascual Francisco died at a construction site in Kentucky on Tuesday when a heavy-duty roller turned over and crushed him. Francisco was working at the site but it is unknown whether he was wearing adequate safety gear or whether he was performing his job duties in the safest possible manor. Jim Knight, from the State Department of Labor, said that "we will investigate this accident to determine whether there was a violation of a safety rule that could have contributed to the death of the worker and if we do find that there's a safety violation, the employer can be assessed a penalty."
Because English was not Francisco's native language, it is possible that a language barrier may have caused Francisco's dangerous situation. Knight hopes that the tragedy does not go for naught: "Last year we investigated something like 35 workplace fatalities, one of the lowest rates in the country, but one fatality is one too many."
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