Contractors Charged in Death of Worker ‘Buried Alive’ at Construction Site
(DNAINFO) Rosa Goldensohn and Danielle Tcholakian — Two construction supervisors, along with the companies that employed them, were charged with manslaughter Wednesday for the death of a 22-year-old worker who was “buried alive” at a construction site in the Meatpacking District, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance.
Wilmer Cueva, 50, and Alfonso Prestia, 54, and their respective employers Sky Materials and Harco Construction ignored months of warnings about the hazardous conditions at the site, Vance said, including two hours of pleading from an inspector the morning of Carlos Moncayo’s death.