Construction workers’ accidents and injuries can be complex which is why it is important to have a strong understanding of the options available to protect injured workers. While working on the subway in New York, a construction worker was recently trapped 100 feet below street level following a construction accident that left him injured. The …
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Construction sites are among the most dangerous work environments a New Yorker can be exposed to. Those who work on construction sites are at constant risk of being involved in a devastating accident. Falls from scaffolding, electrocution, machinery malfunctions and other construction accidents can prove to be life-altering for victims. Victims may no longer be …
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Construction sites are among the most dangerous work environments that a New York resident can be exposed to. Falls from scaffolding, electrocution and machinery malfunctions put construction workers at constant risk. Because of the dangerous nature of construction jobs, OSHA has made a number of efforts to set up regulation that should prevent many of …
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A worker fell to his death from scaffolding outside the Dream New York hotel in Midtown this afternoon, plummeting eight stories, cops said. The man landed on top of a sidewalk shed covering the front entrance of the luxury hotel on W. 55th St., police and witnesses said. This is the exact type of accident …
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Two construction workers were injured when they fell down a hole at the work site in Midtown Monday morning. The incident happened on 46th Street and First Avenue around 10 a.m. EMS is on scene. One of the workers has a head injury. Morgan Levine Dolan is currently fighting for the rights of construction workers …
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A group of contractors and property owners in New York have begun an lobbying campaign to amend the state’s Scaffolding Law. The law, which was first enacted in 1885, holds construction companies accountable for ensuring the safety of employees who work on above-ground construction and is intended to prevent construction injuries. Construction companies are financially …
The construction worker who died Friday after falling 70 feet while working on an NYU building was an avid musician and loving family man, according to his family and posts on his social media accounts. Jaime Sillart, 56, of Bergenfield, NJ, fell from scaffolding at 19 University Place on Friday, a construction site where he had been working for …
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A man was seriously injured after falling about 15 feet from a ladder into a hole at a Long Island City construction site. The man, whose identity was not immediately released, fell about 9:32 a.m. inside the site near Northern Boulevard and 40th Road. He was unconscious when medical crews rescued him. When a fall …
An insurance company has awarded the parents of a New York man who died in an accident involving a crane a tax-free sum of $1 million. The contractor, Yonkers Contracting, was fined $68,000 and cited for 10 violations because of the incident. The crane crushed the 30-year old worker when he was part of a …
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A 48-year-old Tottenville man injured on a school renovation site on Nov. 16, 2009 settled his case for $1.2 million dollars. The man’s knee was injured in the construction accident. He has been unable to work since being hurt. The company the man was working for was renovating PS 288 in Brooklyn’s Coney Island section. …
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