A Blue Point, New York man has been sentenced to one year in prison and two years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of an investigation into a fatal construction accident, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Richard Zagger was a supervisor for Northridge Construction Corp., located in East Patchogue, New York. As part of his duties, Zagger was responsible for overseeing Northridge employees who were assembling a metal shed on the construction company’s office property. According to prosecutors, during the assembly, one of the employees fell from the improperly secured shed roof and died.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigated the employee’s death and identified several violations of worker safety standards, including the failure to maintain the stability of a metal structure at all times during construction. Additionally, Zagger made false statements and conspired with others to make false statements to obstruct OSHA’s investigation of the accident.
Zagger was indicted by a grand jury in December, 2023.
Northridge Construction was previously sentenced to pay a $100,000 fine and complete a five-year term of probation for violating a worker safety standard causing the death of an employee and making false statements during the subsequent investigation.
Topics Construction
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