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Versaggi Construction

Description

Jose Plancarte died after falling 18.5 feet from scaffolding onto a concrete basement floor below. He was not wearing any fall protection. The scaffolding did not have guardrails; rather, Plancarte had built a nailed bracket scaffold and used two scaffold planks to access a window. Cal/OSHA determined that the construction company had failed to provide fall training to its workers at the site. Also, the foreman was aware that Plancarte had built the prohibited scaffolding, which violated the employer's own safety program.

Prosecutors

Unavailable

Incident Type

Fall

County

San Francisco

State

California

Date

December 26, 2012

Available case materials include

  • Media Clips & Gov't. Press

OSHA Inspection

Contact for Additional Information

Unavailable

Victims

First Last Age Title Employer Injury Type
Jose Plancarte 51 Construction Worker Versaggi Construction Fatality

Defendants

Name Type Title Plea Information Conviction Sentence
John Fitt Individual Foreman Pleaded not guilty Unavailable
Penal Crimes Charged

Manslaughter

Other Crimes Charged

Labor Code violation (unspecified)

Salvador William Versaggi Individual Owner Pleaded not guilty Unavailable
Penal Crimes Charged

Manslaughter

Other Crimes Charged

Labor Code violation (unspecified)