a judge reduced the amount owed to
$70,000. The other companies, Jannawall
and Juba Aluminum, each paid their
$4,200 fines but, as part of the set-
tlement, the labor department
changed the violation from serious to
“other.” Jose Erasmo Hernandez, 41, and
Anderson Almeida, 33, of Durham,
with Jose Luis Lopez-Ramirez, 33, of
Clinton, fell to their deaths March 23,
2015, at the Charter Square con-
struction site at South and Fayet-
teville streets. Elmer Guevara, 53,
was treated for serious injuries.
While the safety violation case
has been closed, a lawsuit is still
pending by Guevera and the three
victims' families against several com-
panies associated with the project.
That lawsuit alleges general con-
tractor Choate Construction rushed
the scaffold dismantling, which
forced Associated Scaffolding, Inc.
to load sections of the scaffolding as
it was taken down onto the platform
with the workers. The platform was
supposed to hold no more than
2,500 pounds, but it was carrying
more than 4,200 pounds when it fell,
the lawsuit asserts.
The men, and part of the platform
they were standing on, fell several
stories when one of the tracks
snapped off the scaffold while it was
being dismantled, according to pub-
lished reports.
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