Job Site Injuries

Another Building Collapse In Midtown Manhattan Near Grand Central

Four construction workers were hurt during an interior demolition project at a midtown commercial building not far from Grand Central Terminal Tuesday, officials say.  This comes on the heels of the East Village building explosion which occurred a week and a half ago, killing two and injuring dozens.  Morgan Levine Dolan has filed a lawsuit …

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Manhattan parking lot collapses, injures worker

Construction work is hard work, and it’s important work. But it’s not for the faint of heart. Every day carries risks, risks from heavy equipment, from falling construction material and even from collapsing structures. When these risks come to pass, construction injuries happen. Take a recent construction accident in Manhattan. Workers were demolishing a parking …

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Job site injuries during New York World Trade Center construction

Now sitting on Ground Zero in New York is the World Trade Center. The transformation from a scene of horror to one of hope symbolizes New York’s resilience. However, the rebirth came with a cost. The rebirth was fraught with blood and injuries that went unreported, according to a Daily News investigation. If the investigation’s …

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Walter Bonnet, sanitation driver struck by his own truck on Dyre Avenue and Light Street, may have severed leg

A sanitation worker is in the hospital after a garbage truck ran him over at Dyre Avenue and Light Street in Eastchester. Witnesses say the man, who has been identified as Walter Bonnet, was one of two sitting in the front seat of the truck. Since both sides have steering wheels, they are not sure …

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Scaffolding collapse on 40th Street between Broadway and 7th Avenue in Midtown injures 3

High wind apparently caused a scaffolding to collapse shortly after 10:00 a.m. on 40th Street between Broadway and 7th Avenue in Midtown, injuring 3 people. West 40th Street remained closed to vehicular traffic in the area shortly before noon. The scaffolding landed on three people. Two good samaritans helped pull the debris off of two …

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Eastchester DPW worker Nicholas Farella crushed by garbage truck, dies

Nicholas Farella, a town public works employee, died from injuries suffered in a tragic accident last week.  He was working on the back of a sanitation truck on Water Street when the vehicle backed up about 2:54 p.m., striking a utility pole and crushing him.   He died last Monday night during surgery at Jacobi Medical …

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Another Crane Accident Leaves 13K-Ton Block Dangling Over 57th Street

Officials shut down part of West 57th Street temporarily after a crane stalled Monday at the same luxury tower where a crane boom snapped last year.  The crane company, New York Crane, of Maspeth, is owned and operated by James Lomma, who was acquitted last year on charges that he was responsible for a 2008 crane …

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