You see it everywhere in New York City: scaffolding. It's nearly impossible to walk in Manhattan without encountering it, as construction workers setup and use it routinely to construct, repair and reconstruct our city’s skyline.However, how safe is all that scaffold......
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According to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the second largest risk of on the job accidents for construction workers comes from being struck by an object. In the construction industry, a “struck-by” injury occurs when a person is injure......
View MoreAn accident on the Lower East Side that occurred just last month (October, 2019) highlighted one of the greatest dangers facing construction workers employed on re-construction worksites: building collapse.The tragedy happened at the site of a burned-out synagogue originall......
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Construction workers in New York City routinely face risks on the job, and unfortunately one of those risks is the risk of injury from a fire on the site. Fires occur on a construction site more frequently than you might think, and workers injured by these accidents often s......
View MoreCrane accidents happen when the people in charge of planning construction safely fail to make the safety of workers and passers-by their top priority. The most common crane accidents happen when:The equipment is poorly maintained, resulting in hoist failure, boom collapse o......
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In today's world cranes are a vital component of urban development and are a common site on New York City streets. However, when cranes are used in densely populated urban settings, such as the 5 boroughs of New York City, the risk of injury and or death to the public and c......
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With the amount of new construction and renovation happening in New York City, construction workers and the public alike face dangers on a daily basis. Crane companies don't always take the necessary precautions to ensure the safety of the public and construction workers on......
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The construction industry provides a lot of employment in the New York metro area, but those jobs also come with a high-risk factor. Thousands of workers are injured or killed every year on New York construction sites, in accidents ranging from structure failures and unsafe equip......
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Working in construction can involve considerable risk. If you or your loved one has suffered from a construction site fall, this event may be extremely costly as well as physically and mentally debilitating. Because construction accidents can be so traumatic, protective laws have......
View MoreWorking in construction can be very rewarding, but it can also be dangerous. Construction injuries and fatalities from falls on a site account for 25% of the construction accidents in New York. These falls are costly and often deadly - and they are completely preventa......
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