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New York Attorneys for OSHA Violations The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) exists to protect workers from employers, contractors and building owners looking to cut corners in order to save on time and cost. These regulations, when followed, make...
New York Safety Code Violation Lawyers Property owners, employers, and construction workers throughout New York City are required to follow both national and citywide building codes and safety codes. These codes were created to protect tenant, visitor, worker, and...
A Guide to OSHA for Injured WorkersOccupational Safety and Health AdministrationThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a federal agency that works to prevent work-related illnesses, injuries, and death. OSHA enforces workplace safety regulations...
A man died last week at a fortune cookie factory at a Houston company that operates a similar bakery in Nashville, Tennessee and is based in Brooklyn, New York. He reportedly fell into a giant dough mixer and died of multiple blunt trauma injuries. The company, Wonton...
Tragedy struck in Brooklyn Heights last week as a father of six lost his life. On February 11th, 56-year-old Angel Pilataxi was on-site at 124 Columbia Heights working on a building conversion project when just past 10:00 p.m., he fell from the eighth floor of the...
A Long Island worker suffered a head injury after a serious and appalling accident at a Searingtown construction site on Friday, May 8, 2020. According to Nassau County police, the unidentified man, who is 36 years of age, was working at 60 Shelter Rock Road when he...
Sadly, another worker died earlier this week in a horrific work accident - this time at a luxury apartment high-rise in Hell's Kitchen, as reported by the New York Daily News. Steven Simpson, an electrician, was found dead by a security guard yesterday morning at...
Deaths from work-related incidents in the construction industry are on the rise, according to a recently-released report by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health (NYCOSH). The annual report, titled Deadly Skyline, reveals disturbing trends in...
Just a few weeks ago, a post on this blog discussed the dangers of working in airports. Although the post primarily described the kinds of accidents that occur at the big airports in the New York City metro area -JFK, LaGuardia and Newark, even very small airports...
