From Carrie Kimball-Monahan, Office of Essex District Attorney
At approximately 9:30 this morning, Gloucester Police and Emergency Services responded to 23 Nashua Avenue for a reported fatality. Police found a 27-year old Gloucester man deceased from an apparent construction accident. The Essex State Police Detective Unit and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Compliance Safety and Health Officer responded as per protocol. Foul play is not suspected.
The deceased was an employee of MD MacEachern Landscape and Construction and was using a mini-excavator to dig out part of the foundation of the home at 23 Nashua Avenue. The home is propped up on a series of I-beams to facilitate the foundation work being done. The deceased was working alone and was found by another worker when he arrived at the site at 9:30 a.m.
Investigators believe that something caught on the elevation lever of the equipment, causing the deceased to become pinned between the equipment and an I-beam.
The deceased’s name is withheld pending family notification.
