Construction crew members barely escaped with their lives after falling two floors when a Brooklyn house collapsed on Wednesday.The building at 1916 Prospect Place became a death trap after the structure partially collapsed, causing harm to eight workers. Several of...
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Latino Construction Workers Die Disproportionately In NYC
Approximately 41 percent of New York City construction workers consider themselves as Latino, yet 74 percent of all construction accident deaths involve a Latino worker.The statistics come from the Center for Popular Democracy which reviewed New York City construction...
Worker Dies In Governors Island Construction Accident
A 55-year-old man was recently killed in a construction project on Governors Island. The construction worker was helping to rebuild sections of a sea wall, when a pipe fell 15 feet and landed on him. A forklift was attempting to remove the storm sewer pipe from a...
Unsafe Construction Sites Cause Construction Accidents
Many Construction Accidents can be prevented if property owners, contractors, subcontrators follow the law and provide protection for the men and women who work at these dangerous jobs. The NYC Department of Buildings just completed a survey with the following...
Immigrant Killed In New York Construction Accident
A 24-year-old man recently died in a construction accident in upstate New York. The victim, an Irish immigrant, was unloading a 1,700 pound pipe from the back of a flatbed truck when the pipe shifted and fell onto him, pinning him to the ground.Coworkers were able to...
NY Accident Case Summaries: Falling Objects & Sidewalk Injuries
I recently read through cases in the New York Law Journal and thought my website visitors would be interested in a few brief summaries. I've written them below. - Stephan H. PeskinPedestrian was injured when hit on his head by a slab of concrete that fell from a...