Indictment in N.Y. Scaffolding Collapse

The Manhattan District Attorney has issued an indictment against the president of a scaffolding company implicated in the fatal collapse of a building undergoing restoration in October 2001.Phil Minucci, president of Tri-State Scaffolding & Equipment Supplies, Inc., was charged with five counts of second-degree manslaughter and four counts of second-degree assault in connection with the Oct. 24, 2001, incident, in which five workers were killed and four injured.Fed-OSHA also has cit