That's insane that that could happen again," a member of the T's oversight board said in response to the latest close call. "I mean, I don't understand that. I really don't.
On Nov. 29, a crew member working on the Green Line diversion at Boylston Station took "shrapnel" to the leg after their punch tool broke, Chief Safety Officer Tim Lesniak told the MBTA board's safety subcommittee. The tool did not have a protective cover, he said.
As crews were wrapping up work between Sullivan and Community College stations on the Orange Line the next morning, a dispatcher powered up the third rail after the workers left but before a welding truck had cleared the area, he said.
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