Job Site Injuries

Lawmakers in Albany are being asked by landowners and general contractors to limit lawsuits for accidents which happen on construction sites.  The attorneys of Morgan Levine are traveling to the State Capitol to lobby Congress and fight for our clients. If these owners and contractors get their way, all of the hardworking construction workers who […]

Jobsite accidents in New York City jumped 31 percent from 2011 to 2012, while injuries up 46% in same period.  During this time, inspections of worksites decreased 40 percent between 2009 and 2012. Under the Labor Laws in the State of New York, construction workers are supposed to be protected from many of the common

A crane operator and a construction site sub contractor failed to inspect crane equipment, adding to the cause of the Queens crane collapse.  Investigations into the cause of the construction site accident revealed the crane operator and sub contractors did not take proper precautions and ran the crane unsafely, causing the collapse.  This most recent

A worker died after falling through the floor at an apartment building construction site.  The worker was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital. This construction site accident involved a worker who fell more than 15 feet to the basement below.  A steel girder hit him in the head, causing his serious injuries. Under the Labor

The reason New York City moves as well as it does on a day to day basis is due in large part to the sacrifices made by a small group men known in Union Circles as “SandHogs”. Every tunnel in New York, including the New York Subway system, Metro North, the Long Island Railroad, Path

Over the last year, there have been many injuries to union members performing construction work at the new World Trade Center site.  Most of these union workers were members of Local 3, The Carpenter’s Union and Iron Workers. Many types of injuries have happened in several different ways.  Some union members have fallen from scaffolds

Another client of Morgan Levine Dolan, a janitorial worker in Local 32BJ union,  gets 1.5 million dollars in a settlement.  After being struck by a forklift while walking on the sidewalk, this union member injured her neck and lower back.  The attorneys at Morgan Levine filed a lawsuit against the company who employed the forklift