Painter Dies After Construction Accident
Fifty-five-year-old Rejean Chicoine had been working on a new central heating system at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst when he became stuck between a roof beam and the aerial lift machine that he was operating. Chicoine was doing spray painting for a subcontractor on the project and was working alone when the accident occured.
Chicoine died on Monday from the severe head injuries that he suffered. Federal safety regulators and the Northwestern district attorney's office currently are investigating. Chicone worked for Fine Painting, a subcontractor of O & G Industries of Torrington, Connecticut.
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