NEWBURYPORT — The condition of a city man is improving at the Boston hospital where he is recovering from injuries suffered in a Dec. 22 construction accident.
Gerard Boucher, 48, of 3 Broad St., was listed in fair condition at Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday.
He had been airlifted to Massachusetts General Hospital in critical condition after scaffolding gave way at a renovation project at 25-27 Kent St., plunging Boucher and co-worker Geraldo Hernandez from the second story of the building to the sidewalk.
Hernandez, 32, of 112 Cedar St., Haverhill is recovering at home after his discharge from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he was airlifted after the accident.
Inspectors from the Andover office of the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Adminstration were called in on the day of the accident, and their investigation is continuing, according to OSHA spokesman Ted Fitzgerald.
By law, OSHA inspections may take a maximum of six months to complete, he said, but most take less.
Renovation work to the building is being done by Boucher's company, G.M. Boucher Building Contractor Inc.
Boucher is an active builder in the area, often purchasing properties to renovate them. The listed owner of the Kent Street property is Kentson 25 Realty Trust LLC. The trustee is Thomas J. Williamson of Middleton, a masonry contractor who has done work frequently in the Newburyport area.
The property changed hands in early November and is undergoing extensive restoration and renovation.
Boucher and Hernandez were reportedly installing fascia board trim along the edge of the roof of the two-story house when the end of the scaffolding on which they were working gave way just before 1 p.m., throwing the men onto the concrete sidewalk below.
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