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Scaffolding Deaths Are Claiming NYC's Immigrant Workers in an Industry Lacking Accountability

Juan Chonillo, a 44-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant, was working on a luxury Manhattan skyscraper in September 2017 when he plummeted 29 stories from a scaffold to his death.

The scaffolding platform holding Chonillo got stuck while being moved by a crane. After he released his harness to try and unjam the [...] Click here to view original web page at observer.com



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