A man needed to be rescued by local police officers due to an accident at a construction site in Roslyn Heights. The 39 year-old man had both of his legs severed while working on the site near Corncrib Lane and Locust Lane. He had been struck by a large steel plate. The impact threw the
A Long Island teacher and a longtime counselor at a summer camp is accused of sexually abusing five victims under the age of 11. Dylan Stolz, 51, of Little Neck, was arrested and is charged with five counts of first-degree sexual abuse. Stolz has been a counselor at the camp for 33 years. Police said
A worker has died after being struck in the head in a construction accident in Upper Manhattan Thursday afternoon. The scene of the construction is at the 13-story building on Riverside Drive near the northern end of Riverside Park in Morningside Heights. The property is owned by a non-profit organization, International House. Authorities say it appears
A construction worker was killed after he was struck in the head by an anchoring bracket that fell from the building’s roof in Chelsea on Monday, December 18. The 34-year-old man was found unconscious at 61 Ninth Avenue, on the corner of West 15th Street and Ninth Avenue. He was pronounced dead at Lenox Hill Hospital. Under New
Do I Have A Case? Opioid Injuries and Deaths are preventable tragedies. If you believe that a loved one died because of an opioid addiction and overdose due to the carelessness of a doctor, pharmaceutical company, or prescription company, you may be eligible to joi a class action lawsuit. The following 5 types of cases are
A 49-year-old male construction worker was injured on the lower level of the Bayonne bridge earlier today. He sustained a severe leg injury and is being treated at Richmond University Medical Center. The injured worker is part of the crew dismantling the lower level of the span due to the “Raise the Roadway” project. The
Ladders are necessary components of any New York construction site. Nevertheless, any workplace tool that involves climbing to a point that’s higher than your body will increase the chance that you will suffer a serious injury. Let’s say you’re painting a two-story wall at a construction site. You may need to elevate yourself to reach
If you’re a New York construction worker, there’s a good chance that you regularly find yourself working on a scaffold. In fact, you might spend all day, every day working on a scaffold. These important pieces of construction equipment are useful to reach high places and provide a sturdy work surface from which to perform
Being involved in a car accident can lead to serious injuries. However, not all of the injuries are easily noticeable. Some injuries, such as emotional trauma aren’t visible to the naked eye, but they do have just as big of an impact on the victim as a physical injury. Emotional trauma has considerable effects on
As development has increased throughout New York, so have construction fatalities. The spike in building projects has caused developers to clash with unions over working conditions. Issues such as a lack of safety training and poor reporting standards led the City Council to begin discussing changes in legislation since the beginning of 2017. During a
