Police and federal workplace safety officials are investigating an industrial accident that killed a Naugatuck man at Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday. According to officials, 57-year-old Antonio Simoes, a worker for Manafort Construction, was in a trench using a gasoline-powered saw to cut a water main when the saw kicked back and caused a fatal cut to the his neck. Simoes was pronounced dead at the scene. Manafort says he had worked for the company since 1996.
Fatal Industrial Accident At Connecticut Airport
Friday, June 26th, 2015
Workers' Compensation
External References & Further Reading
http://wtnh.com/2015/06/25/industrial-accident-investigated-at-sikorsky-airport/



